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Revelation 8:2
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Then I saw the seven angels who stand in the presence of God; seven trumpets were given to them.
And I sawe the seuen Angels which stood before God, and to them were giuen seuen trumpets.
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God and to whom were given seven trumpets.
I saw the Seven Angels who are always in readiness before God handed seven trumpets. Then another Angel, carrying a gold censer, came and stood at the Altar. He was given a great quantity of incense so that he could offer up the prayers of all the holy people of God on the Golden Altar before the Throne. Smoke billowed up from the incense-laced prayers of the holy ones, rose before God from the hand of the Angel.
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
I noticed that the seven angels who stood before God were each given a trumpet.
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven shofars.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And I sawe the seuen Angels, which stoode before God, and to them were giuen seuen trumpets.
Then I saw the seven angels, who stood before God; and seven trumpets were given to them.
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And I saw the seven angels who stood before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were given unto them seven trumpets.
And I saw the seven angels who had their place before God; and seven horns were given to them.
I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
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And I saw the seven angels who stood before Aloha, and there were given to them SEVEN TRUMPETS.
And I saw the seven angels, who stood before God; and to them were given, seven trumpets.
And I sawe the seuen angels standyng before God, and to them were geuen seuen trumpets.
And I saw the seven angels which stand before God; and there were given unto them seven trumpets.
I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And I saw the seven angels which stand before God, and seven trumpets were given them.
Then I saw the seven angels who are in the presence of God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And Y say seuene aungels stondinge in the siyt of God, and seuene trumpis weren youun to hem.
And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were given to them seven trumpets.
And I saw the seven angels who stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
Then I saw the seven angels standing before God. They were given seven horns.
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And I saw the seven messengers which, before God, do stand; and there were given unto them seven trumpets.
And I saw seven angels standing in the presence of God: and there were given to them seven trumpets.
Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
And I sawe angelles stondynge before god and to them were geven vii. trompettes.
and I saw the seven messengers who before God have stood, and there were given to them seven trumpets,
And I sawe seue angels stondinge before God, and to them were geuen seuen trompettes.
Then I saw the seven angels who attend in the presence of God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
Seven angels of the Lord were given seven bugles.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
seven angels: Revelation 15:1, Revelation 16:1, Matthew 18:10, Luke 1:19
trumpets: Revelation 8:6-12, Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:13, Revelation 9:14, Revelation 11:15, Numbers 10:1-10, 2 Chronicles 29:25-28, Amos 3:6-8
Reciprocal: Joshua 6:4 - seven times Isaiah 27:13 - the great Zechariah 4:10 - those 1 Corinthians 15:52 - last Revelation 10:1 - another
Cross-References
On the 17th day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, the springs under the earth broke through the ground, and water flowed out everywhere. The sky also opened like windows and rain poured down. The rain fell on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights. That same day Noah went into the boat with his wife, his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.
And that afternoon the dove came back to Noah. The dove had a fresh olive leaf in its mouth. This was a sign to show Noah that there was dry ground on the earth.
After that Noah opened the door of the boat. He looked and saw that the ground was dry. This was the first day of the first month of the year. He was 601 years old.
Who is wise enough to count the clouds and tip them over to pour out their rain?
I was there when he put the clouds in the sky and made the deep springs flow.
"You threw me into the sea. Your powerful waves splashed over me. I went down, down into the deep sea. The water was all around me.
I know this, because I understand authority. There are people who have authority over me, and I have soldiers under my authority. I tell one soldier, ‘Go,' and he goes. I tell another soldier, ‘Come,' and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,' and my servant obeys me."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And I saw the seven angels,.... Not the seven spirits of God, Revelation 1:4; their names, as well as their office, differ; nor the ministers of the word, though these are often called angels in this book, and blow the trumpet of the Gospel, and lift up their voice like a trumpet; but the angelic spirits, and these either evil ones, since they are the executioners of wrath and vengeance, and bring judgments on the earth; and who, are sometimes said to stand before God, 1 Kings 22:21; or rather good angels, who are sometimes ministers of divine wrath; see 2 Samuel 24:16; "seven" of them are mentioned, as being a proper number for the blowing of the seven trumpets, which would complete all the woes that were to come upon the world, and in allusion to the seven princes the eastern monarchs used to have continually about them, Esther 1:14, as it follows:
which stood before God; and denotes their nearness to him, and familiarity with him, they always behold his face; and their service and ministrations, and their readiness to execute his will: the allusion is to the two priests standing at the table of fat, with two silver trumpets in their hands, with which they blew, and another struck the cymbal, and the Levites sung, which was always done at the time of the daily sacrifice p:
and to them were given seven trumpets: everyone had one; and which were an emblem of those wars, and desolations, and calamities, which would come upon the empire, and upon the world, at the blowing of each of them; the trumpet being an alarm, preparing for, proclaiming, and introducing these things; Jeremiah 4:19; these are said to be given them; either by him that sat upon the throne, about which they were; or by the Lamb that opened the seal; and shows that they did nothing but what they had a commission and order to do. Here is manifestly an allusion to the priests and Levites blowing their trumpets at the close of the daily sacrifice, and at the offering of incense q as before observed.
p Misn. Tamid. c. 7. sect. 3. q Maimon. Hilch. Tamidin, c. 6. sect. 5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God - Prof. Stuart supposes that by these angels are meant the “presence-angels” which he understands to be referred to, in Revelation 1:4, by the “seven spirits which are before the throne.” If, however, the interpretation of that passage above proposed, that it refers to the Holy Spirit, with reference to his multiplied agency and operations, be correct, then we must seek for another application of the phrase here. The only difficulty in applying it arises from the use of the article - “the seven angels” - τοὺς tous as if they were angels already referred to; and as there has been no previous mention of “seven angels,” unless it be in the phrase “the seven spirits which are before the throne,” in Revelation 1:4, it is argued that this must have been such a reference. But this interpretation is not absolutely necessary. John might use this language either because the angels had been spoken of before; or because it would be sufficiently understood, from the common use of language, who would be referred to - as we now might speak of “the seven members of the cabinet of the United States,” or “the thirty-one governors of the states of the Union,” though they had not been particularly mentioned; or he might speak of them as just then disclosed to his view, and because his meaning would be sufficiently definite by the circumstances which were to follow - their agency in blowing the trumpets.
It would be entirely in accordance with the usage of the article for one to say that he saw an army, and the commander-in-chief, and the four staff-officers, and the five bands of music, and the six companies of sappers and miners, etc. It is not absolutely necessary, therefore, to suppose that these angels had been before referred to. There is, indeed, in the use of the phrase “which stood before God,” the idea that they are to be regarded as permanently standing there, or that that is their proper place - as if they were angels who were particularly designated to this high service. Compare Luke 1:19; “I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God.” If this idea is involved in the phrase, then there is a sufficient reason why the article is used, though they had not before been mentioned.
And to them were given seven trumpets - One to each. By whom the trumpets were given is not said. It may be supposed to have been done by Him who sat on the throne. Trumpets were used then, as now, for various purposes; to summon an assembly; to muster the hosts of battle; to inspirit and animate troops in conflict. Here they are given to announce a series of important events producing great changes in the world as if God summoned and led on his hosts to accomplish his designs.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 8:2. The seven angels which stood before God — Probably the same as those called the seven Spirits which are before his throne, Revelation 1:4, where see the note. There is still an allusion here to the seven ministers of the Persian monarchs. See Tobit 12:15.
