And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
Parallel translations
- WEB I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
- KJV And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
- NKJV And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
- NASB And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
- NLT I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
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Quick answer
John sees seven angels who stand before God receive seven trumpets. A new cycle of God-ordained judgments is about to be announced.
Overview
These are exalted angels in God's immediate presence, entrusted with sounding the trumpets. In Scripture trumpets often herald God's action, warning, and judgment. Their commissioning signals that a fresh series of divine interventions in history is at hand.
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- Luke 1:19“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
- Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Amos 3:6–8If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
- Matt 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- Rev 8:6And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
- Rev 16:1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
- 2 Chr 29:25–28Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
- Rev 9:13–14Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
- Rev 15:1Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
- Num 10:1–10Then the LORD said to Moses,
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