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Revelation 15:8

What does Revelation 15:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Revelation 15:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Revelation 15:8 means

The temple fills with smoke from God’s glory and power, making entry impossible until the seven plagues run their course. This is a theophany—God manifesting His unapproachable majesty. At times of dedication in Scripture, the cloud of glory fills the sanctuary; here, the same glory seals it during judgment. No creature may intrude to halt or soften what God has determined. Intercession gives way to execution; the time of delay is over. The scene insists that these judgments are God’s own work, unstoppable and holy, and must be completed before access is restored.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and none was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels should be finished.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and none was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels should be finished.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the house of God was full of smoke from the glory of God, and from his power, and no one was able to go into the house of God, till the seven punishments of the seven angels were ended.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and filled was the sanctuary with smoke from the glory of God, and from His power, and no one was able to enter into the sanctuary till the seven plagues of the seven messengers may be finished.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the temple was filled with smoke from the majesty of God and from his power. And no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory ofGod and from his power: and no one could enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

Context

The chapter closes with a solemn sign from the opened temple (verses 5–7). Once the angels receive the bowls, God’s manifested glory fills the sanctuary, barring entry. This signals that the preparatory stage has ended and that nothing will interrupt the final sequence of judgments. It functions as a hinge to Revelation 16, where the bowls are poured out. Readers are left with the weight of God’s holiness and the certainty of His decrees, framed by the prior vision of worship and victory.

v.7And one of the four living creatures gave unto the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

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Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:9

    who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

  • Exodus 40:34

    Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

  • Jeremiah 15:1

    Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

  • Lamentations 3:44

    Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

  • Psalms 29:9

    The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.

  • 1 Kings 8:10

    And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,

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