Revelation 5:1

Revelation 5:1
(KJV)   And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
(1611 KJV) And I saw in ye right hand of him that sate on the Throne, a booke written within, & on the backeside, sealed with seuen seales.
(1587 Geneva Bible) And I saw in the right hand of him that sate vpon the throne, a Booke written within, and on the backside, sealed with seuen seales.
(1568 Bishops Bible) And I sawe in the right hande of hym that sate on the throne, a booke written within, and on the backe syde, sealed with seuen seales.
(Great Bible 1539) And I sawe in the ryght hande of hym that sat in the trone, a boke written with in & on the backsyde, sealed with seuen seales.
(Coverdale 1535) And I sawe in the right hode of him, that sat in the trone, a boke wrytten with in & on the backside, sealed with seue seales.
(1526 Tyndale) And I sawe in the right honde of him that sat in ye trone a boke written with in and on the backside sealyd with vii. seales.
 
Counterfeit Versions
(CEB) Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one seated on the throne. It had writing on the front and the back, and it was sealed with seven seals.
(CSB) Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides, sealed with seven seals.
(ERV) Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one sitting on the throne. The scroll had writing on both sides and was kept closed with seven seals.
(GNB) I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne; it was covered with writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
(THE MESSAGE) I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One Seated on the Throne. It was written on both sides, fastened with seven seals.
(NABRE) I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sat on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
(NCV) Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One sitting on the throne. The scroll had writing on both sides and was kept closed with seven seals.
(NET) Then I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and back and sealed with seven seals.
(NIRV) Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one sitting on the throne. The scroll had writing on both sides. It was sealed with seven seals.
(NIV) Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
(TLV) And I saw in the right hand of the One seated upon the throne a scroll, written on both the front and the back, sealed with seven seals.
(NWT) And I saw in the right hand of the One seated on the throne a scroll written on both sides, sealed tight with seven seals.
 
Textus Receptus – Traditional Text
και ειδον επι την δεξιαν του καθημενου επι του θρονου βιβλιον γεγραμμενον εσωθεν και οπισθεν κατεσφραγισμενον σφραγισιν επτα
 
Hort-Westcott – Critical Text
και ειδον επι την δεξιαν του καθημενου επι του θρονου βιβλιον γεγραμμενον εσωθεν και οπισθεν κατεσφραγισμενον σφραγισιν επτα
 
Corrupted Manuscripts
None
 
Affected Teaching
The modern versions above speak about the word of God being written on “both sides” and “front and back.”  These are both very erroneous interpretations because if one looks at their Bible, the words of God are not written on the front and back or “both sides.”  I have to ask, both sides of what?  The scroll?  The word in the Greek as we read in the King James Bible is “biblion” where we get the word “book or Bible” from.  If you notice in the Textus Receptus and in the Hort-Westcott text, the word “Biblion” is capitalized which means it is speaking about the Word of God.  The reason it is not speaking of a scroll is the Greek word “esothen” which is also underlined above.  It carries only one meaning and that is “inside.”  A scroll has two sides and that is where the modern versions get “front and back” and “both sides.”  However, with the word “esothen” it is speaking about writing “inside” which excludes a scroll because there is no inside, just a front and back.  The only item that has writing “within or inside” is a book, not a scroll.  Rev 5:1-10 speaks about a book and verse 10 speaks about Christ making the believers Kings and Priests. 
 
The other modern versions who substitute “scroll” for “book” are: AMP, ESV, HCSB, ISV, LEB, LB, MESSAGE, NKJV, NLT, NRSV, RSV, THE VOICE

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