Revelation 10:1
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
2 He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
3 Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
- KJV
- And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
- WEB
- I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
- ASV
- And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;
- DARBY
- And I saw another strong angel coming down out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow upon his head, and his countenance as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire,
- BLB
- And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow upon his head, and his face [was] like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire,
- ÅB
- Og jeg så en annen veldig engel komme ned fra himmelen, kledd i en sky, og regnbuen var over hans hode, og hans åsyn var som solen, og hans føtter som ildstøtter;
- OTB
- Jeg så en annen mektig engel stige ned fra himmelen, kledd i en sky, med en regnbue over hodet. Ansiktet hans skinte som solen, og bena hans var som ildsøyler.
- B1930
- Og jeg så en annen veldig engel komme ned fra himmelen, klædd i en sky, og regnbuen var over hans hode, og hans åsyn var som solen, og hans føtter som ildstøtter;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 1:28
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
Read in contextMatthew 17:2
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
Read in contextRevelation 1:15–16
His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.
Read in contextRevelation 5:2
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
Read in contextDaniel 10:6
His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
Read in contextRevelation 4:3
The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
Read in contextRevelation 9:13–14
Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
Read in contextRevelation 8:2–5
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
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