¹⁵ A pride -- strong ones of shields, Shut up -- a close seal.

²³ Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

² and I saw a strong messenger crying with a great voice, `Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose the seals of it?'

³ and no one was able in the heaven, nor upon the earth, nor under the earth, to open the scroll, nor to behold it.

⁵ and one of the elders saith to me, `Weep not; lo, overcome did the Lion, who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, to open the scroll, and to loose the seven seals of it;