¹⁵ `His' strong scales are `his' pride, Shut up together `as with' a close seal.

²³ Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

² And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

³ And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

⁵ and one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven seals thereof.