Rev 5:9 | HCSB | STEP | And they sang a new song : You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals , because You were slaughtered , and You redeemed people for God by Your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation .

a Ps 40:3; 96:1; 98:1; 149:1; Isa 42:10; Rv 14:3

Revelation of John 5:9

9 And they sang a new song: ^a

You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You ^{▼▼redemption/redeemed: The deliverance from bondage by a payment or ransom (Mk 10:45; 1Pe 1:18-19)}redeemed ^{▼▼Or purchased} people ^{▼▼Other mss read us}
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation. ^e