Some of the modern versions translate
Revelation 5:8-9, in quite a different way
than the authorized version. They leave
out the 'us' and the 'we', in the song sung
by the elders, so that instead of their say-
ing, "And thou hast redeemed us to God
by thy blood out of every tribe. . . .", they
have it to read, "And didst purchase unto
God with thy blood out of every tribe. . ."
From that it is claimed by some that the
elders are not human beings at all, but
angels, or perhaps other created being(?).