Revelation 8:6
“And the seuen Angels which had the seuen trumpets, prepared themselues to sound.”
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Revelation 8:6 Context
4And the smoke of the incense which came with the prayers of the Saints, ascended vp before God, out of the Angels hand. 5And the Angel tooke the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voyces, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake: 6And the seuen Angels which had the seuen trumpets, prepared themselues to sound. 7The first Angel sounded, and there followed haile, and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast vpon the earth, and the third part of trees was burnt vp, and all greene grasse was burnt vp. 8And the second Angel sounded, and as it were a great mountaine burning with fire was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea became blood.
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Other Translations for Revelation 8:6
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- King James Version
And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the seven angels who had the seven horns made ready for sounding them.
- Basic English Bible
And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves that they might sound with [their] trumpets.
- Darby Bible
And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- Webster's Bible
Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made preparations for blowing them.
- Weymouth Bible
The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- World English Bible
And the seuene aungels, that hadden seuene trumpis, maden hem redi, that thei schulden trumpe.
- Wycliffe Bible
And the seven messengers who are having the seven trumpets did prepare themselves that they may sound;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Revelation 8:6
8:6 And the seven angels prepared themselves to sound - That each, when it should come to his turn, might sound without delay. But while they do sound, they still stand before God.
People's Bible Notes for Revelation 8:6
Re 8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets. See Re 8:2. There is the utmost deliberation. All must be made ready. The four angels hold back the winds (Re 7:1), then there was the silence of half an hour (Re 8:1); now the seven angels prepared themselves to sound. This implies that all things were being made ready for the great events to follow. Trumpets. The trumpet is used to give a signal. Usually it implied the march or charge of armies. See Joe 2:1,15; Jer 4:5 Eze 33:1-6. Sometimes it calls the people to worship. See Nu 31:6 1Ch 15:24. The reader will see that the first is likely to be the significance here.