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Revelation 10:4

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.

When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

5 Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

6 And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!

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BSB
When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
KJV
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
WEB
When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don’t write them.”
ASV
And when the seven thunders uttered [their voices], I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
DARBY
And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write: and I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Seal the things which the seven thunders have spoken, and write them not.
BLB
And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. And I heard a voice out of heaven, saying, “Seal the things the seven thunders spoke, and do not write them.”
ÅB
Og da de syv tordener hadde talt, ville jeg til å skrive; og jeg hørte en røst fra himmelen si: Sett segl for det som de syv tordener talte, og skriv det ikke!
OTB
Da de sju tordener hadde talt, var jeg i ferd med å skrive, men jeg hørte en røst fra himmelen som sa: "Sett segl for det de sju tordener har talt, og skriv det ikke ned."
B1930
Og da de syv tordener hadde talt, vilde jeg til å skrive; og jeg hørte en røst fra himmelen si: Sett segl for det som de syv tordener talte, og skriv det ikke!

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  • Daniel 12:4

    But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

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  • Daniel 8:26

    The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”

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  • Daniel 12:9

    “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

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  • Revelation 22:10

    Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:29

    The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

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  • Isaiah 29:11

    And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

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  • Revelation 1:11

    saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

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  • Isaiah 8:16

    Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

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