^{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.

^{1 Ref} And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

^{2 Ref} And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;

^{3 Ref} And he gave a loud cry, like the angry voice of a lion: and at his cry the voices of the seven thunders were sounding.

^{4 Ref} And when the seven thunders had given out their voices, I was about to put their words down: and a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Keep secret the things which the seven thunders said, and do not put them in writing.

^{5 Ref} And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,

^{6 Ref} And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:

^{7 Ref} But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when the sound of his horn is about to come, then will the secret of God be complete, of which he gave the good news to his servants the prophets.

^{8 Ref} And the voice came to me again from heaven, saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who has his place on the sea and on the earth.

^{9 Ref} And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me: Put it in your mouth; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.

^{10 Ref} And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and did as he said; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth: and when I had taken it, my stomach was made bitter.

^{11 Ref} And they said to me, You are to give word again of what is coming in the future to the peoples and nations and languages and kings.

^{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.'