Revelation 10:4

² And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

³ And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

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.

⁵ And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

⁶ And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

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.

Compare

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!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Daniel 12:4
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
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Daniel 8:26
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
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Daniel 12:9
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
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Revelation 22:10
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
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Deuteronomy 29:29
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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Isaiah 29:11
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
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Revelation 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
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Isaiah 8:16
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
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