And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.
Parallel translations
- WEB The seven angels who had the seven plagues came out, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing golden sashes around their breasts.
- KJV And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
- BSB And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.
- NASB and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, clothed in linen, clean and bright, and their chests wrapped with golden sashes.
- NLT The seven angels who were holding the seven plagues came out of the Temple. They were clothed in spotless white linen with gold sashes across their chests.
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The seven angels emerge from the temple in pure linen with golden sashes. The bearers of judgment are holy and priestly in character.
Overview
Clothed in bright, pure linen with golden sashes, the seven plague-angels appear in priestly, glorious dress, resembling the Son of Man in 1:13. Their holy attire underscores that the judgments they bring are pure and righteous, issuing from the holy God. They come arrayed as ministers serving God's just purposes.
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- Rev 1:13And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.
- Rev 15:1I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God’s wrath is finished.
- Ezek 44:17–18It shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come on them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
- Exod 28:5–8They shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
- Rev 14:15Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Send your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!”
- Luke 24:4While they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing.
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