Revelation 10
Revised Geneva Translation
10 And I saw another mighty angel come down from Heaven, clothed with a cloud and the rainbow upon his head. And his face was as the Sun; and his feet as pillars of fire.
2 And he had in his hand a little book, open. And he put his right foot upon the sea, and his left on the Earth,
3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. And when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me, “Seal up those things which the seven thunders have spoken, and do not write them.”
5 And the angel who I saw stand upon the sea, and upon the Earth, lifted up his hand to Heaven,
6 And swore by Him Who lives for evermore - Who created Heaven and the things that therein are; and the Earth, and the things that therein are; and the sea, and the things that therein are - that time should be no more.
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel - when he shall begin to blow the trumpet - even the mystery of God shall be finished, as He has declared to His servants, the Prophets.
8 And the voice which I heard from Heaven, spoke to me again, and said, “Go, and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands upon the sea and upon the Earth.”
9 So I went to the angel, and said to him, “Give me the little book.” And he said to me, “Take it, and eat it up. And it shall make your belly bitter. But it shall be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
10 Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it up. And it was in my mouth as sweet as honey. But when I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said to me, “You must prophesy again among the people and nations and tongues, and to many kings.”
Revelation 10
International Standard Version
The Vision of the Powerful Angel
10 Then I saw another powerful angel come down from heaven. He was dressed in a cloud, and there was a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like columns of fire. 2 He held a small, opened scroll in his hand. Setting his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 he shouted in a loud voice as a lion roars. When he shouted, the seven thunders spoke with voices of their own. 4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was going to write, but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and don’t write it down.”
5 Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. 6 He swore an oath by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay. 7 When the time approaches[a] for the seventh angel to blow his trumpet, God’s secret plan[b] will be fulfilled, as he had announced to his servants, the prophets.”
8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go and take the opened scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll. “Take it and eat it,” he told me. “It will turn bitter in your stomach, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”
10 So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, it turned bitter in my stomach. 11 Then the seven thunders[c] told me, “You must prophesy again about many people, nations, languages, and kings.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 10:7 Lit. days approach
- Revelation 10:7 The Gk. lacks plan
- Revelation 10:11 Lit. they
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