Revelation 10

American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)

1 Ref And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;

2 Ref and he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left upon the earth;

3 Ref and he cried with a great voice, as a lion roareth: and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.

4 Ref And when the seven thunders uttered `their voices', I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

5 Ref And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

6 Ref and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:

7 Ref but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished they mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his servants the prophets.

8 Ref And the voice which I heard from heaven, `I heard it' again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

9 Ref And I went unto the angel, saying unto him that he should give me the little book. And he saith unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.

10 Ref And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter.

11 Ref And they say unto me, Thou must prophesy again over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.

King James Version (KJV)

1 Ref And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

2 Ref And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

3 Ref And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

4 Ref And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

5 Ref And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

6 Ref And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

7 Ref But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

8 Ref And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

9 Ref And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

10 Ref And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

11 Ref And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 Ref And I saw another strong messenger coming down out of the heaven, arrayed with a cloud, and a rainbow upon the head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire,

2 Ref and he had in his hand a little scroll opened, and he did place his right foot upon the sea, and the left upon the land,

3 Ref and he cried with a great voice, as a lion doth roar, and when he cried, speak out did the seven thunders their voices;

4 Ref and when the seven thunders spake their voices, I was about to write, and I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, `Seal the things that the seven thunders spake,' and, `Thou mayest not write these things.'

5 Ref And the messenger whom I saw standing upon the sea, and upon the land, did lift up his hand to the heaven,

6 Ref and did swear in Him who doth live to the ages of the ages, who did create the heaven and the things in it, and the land and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it -- that time shall not be yet,

7 Ref but in the days of the voice of the seventh messenger, when he may be about to sound, and the secret of God may be finished, as He did declare to His own servants, to the prophets.

8 Ref And the voice that I heard out of the heaven is again speaking with me, and saying, `Go, take the little scroll that is open in the hand of the messenger who hath been standing upon the sea, and upon the land:'

9 Ref and I went away unto the messenger, saying to him, `Give me the little scroll;' and he saith to me, `Take, and eat it up, and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet -- as honey.'

10 Ref And I took the little scroll out of the hand of the messenger, and did eat it up, and it was in my mouth as honey -- sweet, and when I did eat it -- my belly was made bitter;

11 Ref and he saith to me, `It behoveth thee again to prophesy about peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings -- many.'

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