When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
- BSB When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
- NKJV WhenHe opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
- NASB When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
- NLT When the Lamb broke the seventh seal on the scroll, there was silence throughout heaven for about half an hour.
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- Zech 2:13Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”
- Hab 2:20But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”
- Rev 6:1I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come and see!”
- Ps 62:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
- Job 4:16It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
- Rev 5:1I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
- Ps 37:7Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
- Rev 6:9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
- Rev 6:12I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
- Rev 6:5When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come and see!” And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.
- Rev 6:7When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see!”
- Rev 6:3When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”
- Rev 5:9They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
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