Revelation 10:5

Bible in Basic English

And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.

King James Version (1611)
And the Angel which I saw stand vpon the sea, and vpon the earth, lifted vp his hand to heauen,

King James Version
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

New American Standard Bible
Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven,

New Century Version
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven,

THE MESSAGE
Then the Angel I saw astride sea and land lifted his right hand to Heaven and swore by the One Living Forever and Ever, who created Heaven and everything in it, earth and everything in it, sea and everything in it, that time was up—that when the seventh Angel blew his trumpet, which he was about to do, the Mystery of God, all the plans he had revealed to his servants, the prophets, would be completed.

English Standard Version
And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

Contemporary English Version
The angel I had seen standing on the sea and the land then held his right hand up toward heaven.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted his right hand toward heaven

Darby Translation
And the angel whom I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to the heaven,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Angel which I sawe stand vpon the sea, and vpon the earth, lift vp his hand to heauen,

George Lamsa Translation
And the angel which I saw standing upon the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven, and

Good News Translation
Then the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

Lexham English Bible
And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

Literal Translation
And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted his hand to Heaven,

Amplified Bible
Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and the land raised his right hand [to swear an oath] to heaven,

American Standard Version
And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

Hebrew Names Version
The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,

International Standard Version
Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.Exodus 6:8; Daniel 12:7;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the land, lifted his right hand to heaven,

Murdock Translation
And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and the land, raised his right hand to heaven,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Angel which I sawe stande vpon the sea and vpon the earth, lyft vp his hande to heauen,

English Revised Version
And the angel which I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

World English Bible
The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted up his right hand toward heaven,

Weymouth's New Testament
Then the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the land, lifted his right hand toward Heaven.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the aungel whom Y say stondinge aboue the see, and aboue the erthe, lifte vp his hond to heuene,

Update Bible Version
And the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

New English Translation
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

New King James Version
The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand [fn] to heaven

New Living Translation
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand toward heaven.

New Life Bible
Then the strong angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted his right hand to heaven.

New Revised Standard
Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and the land raised his right hand to heaven

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the messenger, whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the land, lifted up his right hand unto heaven,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven.

Revised Standard Version
And the angel whom I saw standing on sea and land lifted up his right hand to heaven

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the angell which I sawe stonde apon the see and apon the erth lyfte vppe his honde to heven

Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger whom I saw standing upon the sea, and upon the land, did lift up his hand to the heaven,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the angel which I sawe stonde vpo the see, and vpon the earth, lifte vppe his honde to heauen,

Mace New Testament (1729)
Then the angel which I saw standing upon the sea, and upon the land, lifted up his hand to heaven,

Simplified Cowboy Version
The mighty angel standing on the land and the sea raised his right hand to the sky and

Contextual Overview

¹ And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire; ² And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth; ³ And he gave a loud cry, like the angry voice of a lion: and at his cry the voices of the seven thunders were sounding. ⁴ And when the seven thunders had given out their voices, I was about to put their words down: and a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Keep secret the things which the seven thunders said, and do not put them in writing. ⁵ And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven, ⁶ And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting: ⁷ But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when the sound of his horn is about to come, then will the secret of God be complete, of which he gave the good news to his servants the prophets.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stand: Revelation 10:2

lifted: Genesis 14:22, Genesis 22:15, Genesis 22:16, Exodus 6:8, Deuteronomy 32:40, Ezekiel 20:5, Ezekiel 20:15, Ezekiel 20:23, Ezekiel 20:28, Ezekiel 20:42, Ezekiel 36:7, Ezekiel 47:14, Daniel 12:7, Hebrews 6:13, by him, Revelation 1:18, Revelation 4:9, Jeremiah 10:10, who, Revelation 4:11, Revelation 14:7, Genesis 1:1 - Genesis 2:25, Exodus 20:11, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalms 95:3-6, Psalms 146:5, Psalms 148:1-7, Jeremiah 10:11-13, Acts 14:15, Acts 17:23, Romans 1:20, that there, Rather, "the time should not be yet," קסןםןע [Strong's G5550], ןץך [Strong's G3756], וףפי [Strong's G2076], ופי [Strong's G2089], that is, the time of those glorious things with which "the mystery of God should be finished." Revelation 16:17, Daniel 12:7

Reciprocal: Psalms 106:26 - lifted Isaiah 3:7 - swear Ezekiel 44:12 - therefore Matthew 14:25 - walking Revelation 10:1 - another Revelation 10:8 - the voice

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters

Genesis 10:9
He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.

Genesis 10:20
All these, with their different families, languages, lands, and nations, are the offspring of Ham.

Genesis 10:25
And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.

Psalms 72:10
Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores.

Isaiah 24:15
Give praise to the Lord in the east, to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the sea-lands.

Isaiah 40:15
See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.

Isaiah 41:5
The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.

Isaiah 42:4
His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.

Isaiah 42:10
Make a new song to the Lord, and let his praise be sounded from the end of the earth; you who go down to the sea, and everything in it, the sea-lands and their people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth,.... His right foot being on the one, and his left foot upon the other, as described in Revelation 10:2;

lifted up his hand to heaven; the Oriental versions read, "his right hand"; and so some copies, and the Complutensian edition: the man clothed in linen, Daniel 12:6, who is the same with the angel here, held up both his hands; the lifting up of the hand was a gesture used in swearing: see Genesis 14:22; so the Jews say o, "the right hand", or by the right hand, זו יבועה, "this is an oath", according to Daniel 12:7; or whether the right hand or the left, is an oath, according to Isaiah 62:8.

o T. Bab. Nazir, fol. 3. 2. Yalkut Simeoni, par. 2. fol. 58. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the angel which I saw stand ... - Revelation 10:2. That is, John saw him standing in this posture when he made the oath which he proceeds to record.

Lifted up his hand to heaven - The usual attitude in taking an oath, as if one called heaven to witness. See Genesis 14:22; Deuteronomy 32:40; Ezekiel 20:5-6. Compare the notes on Daniel 12:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 10:5. Lifted up his hand to heaven — As one making an appeal to the supreme Being.