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Revelation 10:3
3and cried with a loud voice as a lion roars. And when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their own voices.
Revelation 10:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
- New International Version (NIV)and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders sounded.
- New King James Version (NKJV)and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Context of Revelation 10:3
1And I saw another strong angel coming down out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow upon his head, and his countenance as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire, 2and having in his hand a little opened book. And he set his right foot on the sea, and the left upon the earth, and cried with a loud voice as a lion roars. And when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their own voices. 4And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write: and I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Seal the things which the seven thunders have spoken, and write them not. 5And the angel whom I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to the heaven,
Read all of Revelation 10Revelation 10:3 word by word
καὶ ἔκραξεν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ ὥσπερ λέων μυκᾶται. καὶ ὅτε ἔκραξεν, ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταὶ τὰς ἑαυτῶν φωνάς.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Revelation 10:3
- Proverbs 19:12The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
- Isaiah 5:29Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar as the young lions; yea, they growl, and snatch the prey, and carry it away safe, and there is none to deliver;
- Isaiah 31:4For thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Like as the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, is not afraid of their voice, nor giveth way before the multitude of them; so will Jehovah of hosts come down to war upon mount Zion, and on the hill thereof.
- Isaiah 42:13Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man, he will stir up jealousy like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout; he will shew himself mighty against his enemies.
- Jeremiah 25:30And thou, prophesy unto them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar upon his dwelling-place, he will give a shout, as they that tread [the vintage], against all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Joel 3:16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: and Jehovah will be a shelter for his people, and the refuge of the children of Israel.
- Amos 1:2And he said, Jehovah roareth from Zion, and uttereth his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withereth.
- Amos 3:8The lion hath roared, — who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken, — who can but prophesy?
- Revelation 8:5And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast [it] on the earth: and there were voices, and thunders and lightnings, and an earthquake.
- Revelation 14:2And I heard a voice out of the heaven as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder. And the voice which I heard [was] as of harp-singers harping with their harps;
- Revelation 15:1And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and wonderful: seven angels having seven plagues, the last; for in them the fury of God is completed.
Commentaries on Revelation 10:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Seven thunders - Seven being a number of perfection, it may here mean many, great, loud, and strong peals of thunder, accompanied with distinct voices; but what was said, St. John was not permitted to reveal, Revelation 10:4.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth - The lion is the monarch of the woods, and his roar is an image of terror. The point of the comparison here seems to be the loudness with which the angel cried, and the power of what he said to awe the world - as the roar of the lion keeps the dwellers of the forest in awe. What he said is not stated; nor did John attempt to record it. Prof. Stuart supposes that it was “a loud note of woe, some…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Although the scroll is small, it is still very important. It reveals a small but critical part of God’s purposes for events that will happen before eternity begins. he cried out in a loud voice: Compare Job 37:2–5; Psalm 18:13; Psalm 29:3–4.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. as ... lion--Christ, whom the angel represents, is often so symbolized (Re 5:5, "the Lion of the tribe of Juda"). seven thunders--Greek, "the seven thunders." They form part of the Apocalyptic symbolism; and so are marked by the article as well known. Thus thunderings marked the opening of the seventh seal (Re 8:1, 5); so also at the seventh vial (Re 16:17, 18). Wordsworth calls this the prophetic use of the article; "the thunders, of which more…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Revelation 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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