Revelation 8:3

¹ When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

² And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.

Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

⁴ And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.

⁵ Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

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 another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
KJV: And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
WEB: Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.
ASV: And another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should add it unto the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
DARBY: And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might give [efficacy] to the prayers of all saints at the golden altar which [was] before the throne.
BLB: And another angel having a golden censer came and stood at the altar, and much incense was given to him, that he will offer [it] with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne.

ÅB: Og en annen engel kom og sto ved alteret, og han hadde et røkelsekar av gull; og det ble gitt ham meget røkelse, for at han skulle legge den til alle de helliges bønner på gull-alteret foran tronen.
OTB: En annen engel, som hadde et gullrøkelseskar, kom og sto ved alteret. Han fikk mye røkelse for å bære fram sammen med alle de helliges bønner på gullalteret foran tronen.
B1930: Og en annen engel kom og stod ved alteret, og han hadde et røkelsekar av gull; og det blev gitt ham meget røkelse, forat han skulde legge den til alle de helliges bønner på gull-alteret foran tronen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 5:8
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
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Revelation 8:4
And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.
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Psalms 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
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Luke 1:10
And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
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Revelation 9:13
Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
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Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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Leviticus 16:12–13
Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
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Numbers 16:46–47
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
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