Revelation 8:6
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.
And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
7 Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
8 Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
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
- And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
- KJV
- And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- WEB
- The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- ASV
- And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- DARBY
- And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves that they might sound with [their] trumpets.
- BLB
- And the seven angels having the seven trumpets prepared themselves, that they might sound the trumpets.
- ÅB
- Og de syv engler som hadde de syv basuner, gjorde seg ferdige til å blåse i dem.
- OTB
- Og de sju englene som hadde de sju basunene, gjorde seg klare til å blåse i dem.
- B1930
- Og de syv engler som hadde de syv basuner, gjorde sig ferdige til å blåse i dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 8:2
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
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