Revelation 10:5
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.
4 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.”
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!
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”
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 the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.
- KJV
- And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
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- The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky
- ASV
- And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,
- DARBY
- And the angel whom I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to the heaven,
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- And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven,
- ÅB
- Og engelen som jeg så sto på havet og på jorden, løftet sin høyre hånd opp mot himmelen
- OTB
- Så løftet engelen som jeg så stå på havet og på jorden sin høyre hånd mot himmelen,
- B1930
- Og engelen som jeg så stod på havet og på jorden, løftet sin høire hånd op mot himmelen
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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Daniel 12:7
And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
Read in contextRevelation 10:2
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.
Read in contextRevelation 14:7
And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
Read in contextActs 14:15
“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
Read in contextRevelation 16:17
Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”
Read in contextRevelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
Read in contextRevelation 1:18
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
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