Revelation 7:1
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:
3 “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
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
- After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.
- KJV
- And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
- WEB
- After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
- ASV
- After his I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.
- DARBY
- And after this I saw four angels standing upon the four corners of the earth, holding fast the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow upon the earth, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree.
- BLB
- After these things I saw four angels standing upon the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
- ÅB
- Deretter så jeg fire engler som sto på jordens fire hjørner og holdt jordens fire vinder, for at det ikke skulle blåse noen vind over jorden eller over havet eller på noe tre.
- OTB
- Etter dette så jeg fire engler som sto ved jordens fire hjørner og holdt de fire vindene på jorden tilbake, så ingen vind skulle blåse på landet, havet eller noe tre.
- B1930
- Derefter så jeg fire engler som stod på jordens fire hjørner og holdt jordens fire vinder, forat det ikke skulde blåse nogen vind over jorden eller over havet eller på noget tre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 24:31
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Read in contextDaniel 7:2
Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.
Read in contextJeremiah 49:36
I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.
Read in contextMark 13:27
And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
Read in contextDaniel 8:8
Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:9
Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”
Read in contextEzekiel 7:2
“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
Read in contextIsaiah 27:8
By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
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