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Revelation 8

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1And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

2And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were given unto them seven trumpets.

3And 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.

4And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.

5And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

6And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

7And the first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

9and there died the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, even they that had life; and the third part of the ships was destroyed.

10And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters;

11and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner.

13And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.

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Parallel translations · Revelation 8:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

And when the seventh stamp was undone there was quiet in heaven for about half an hour.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

And when he openeth the seventh seal, there came silence in the heaven about half-an-hour,

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven, as it were for half an hour.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

And when it opened the seventh seal, there was silence in the heaven about half an hour.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Revelation 8:1.

  • Revelation 5:1

    And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.

  • Job 4:16

    It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There wassilence, and I heard a voice, saying,

  • Zechariah 2:13

    Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.

  • Revelation 6:9

    And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

  • Revelation 6:7

    And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

  • Habakkuk 2:20

    But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

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