Revelation 10:7

Revelation 10:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.

Context of Revelation 10:7

5Then I looked again at the angel who stood with one foot on the sea and his other foot on the land. He raised his right hand towards heaven. 6He made a strong promise by the name of God, who lives for ever. He created heaven, the earth and the sea, as well as everything that is in them. The angel said, ‘There is no more time to wait! Now is the time when the seventh angel will make a sound with his trumpet. Then God will quickly finish what he wants to do. This has been a secret, but he told it long ago to the prophets who were his servants.’ 8Then I heard again the voice that spoke to me from heaven. He said, ‘Go to the angel who is standing with one foot on the sea and his other foot on the land. Go and take the book that is open in his hand.’ 9So I went to the angel. I asked him to give me the little book. He said to me, ‘Take the book and then eat it. It will be very sweet like honey in your mouth. But it will hurt your stomach like bad food.’

Revelation 10:7 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ ἑβδόμου ἀγγέλου, ὅταν μέλλῃ σαλπίζειν, καὶ ἐτελέσθη τὸ μυστήριον τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς εὐηγγέλισεν τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ δούλους τοὺς προφήτας.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• of the voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: noiseG5456
• of the seventhἕβδομοςhebdomos · seventhG1442
• angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• he shall beginμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• to soundσαλπίζωsalpizō · to sound a trumpetG4537
• the mysteryμυστήριονmustērion · mysteryG3466
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• should be finishedτελέωteleō · to finishG5055
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• he hath declaredεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• to hisἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• servantsδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
• the prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396

Cross-references for Revelation 10:7

• Revelation 11:15The seventh angel made a sound with his trumpet. Then there was the sound of loud voices in heaven. They shouted: ‘Our Lord God and his Messiah now have all authority! The whole world has become their kingdom. God will rule as King for ever!’
• Romans 11:25My Christian friends, I want to help you to understand about Israel's people. It is a secret that God has shown to us. If you really understand it, you will not be proud that you are so clever. Many of Israel's people have refused to believe in Christ. They will continue to refuse him until the complete number of Gentiles have believed.
• Romans 16:25We praise God because he is great! He is able to make you strong in your spirits! That is the good news that I teach. That good news is the message about Jesus Christ that God has kept secret since long ago. But now he has shown this message to us.
• Ephesians 3:3God has clearly shown to me his true purpose. That was a secret before, but God has helped me to know it. I have written a few words about this already.
• Luke 24:44Then he said to them, ‘I told you about these things while I was still with you. Everything that God's servants wrote about me in the Bible had to happen. Moses wrote about me in his book of God's Law. The prophets also wrote about me. The book called Psalms also tells about me. And now it has become true.’
• Acts 3:21Jesus must stay in heaven until the day that God will cause everything to become new again. Long ago God gave his prophets a message about this, and they told that message to people.

Commentaries on Revelation 10:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The mystery of God should be finished - What this mystery refers to who knows? Nor have we more knowledge concerning the sounding of the seventh angel. On these points there is little agreement among learned men. Whether it mean the destruction of Jerusalem, or the destruction of the papal power, or something else, we know not. And yet with what confidence do men speak of the meaning of these hidden things! Declared to his servants the prophets - It is…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel - The days in the period of time embraced by the sounding of the seventh trumpet. That is, the affairs of this world would not be consummated in that period embraced in the sounding of the sixth trumpet, but in that embraced in the sounding of the seventh and last of the trumpets. Compare Revelation 11:15-19. When he shall begin to sound - That is, the events referred to will commence at the period when…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7he begins to sound his trumpet: See 1 Corinthians 15:51–54; 1 Thessalonians 4:16. God's mysterious plan for the world is not a surprise. The prophets who served God in the past warned that the day of the Lord would come (see Joel 2:1–3, 10–11; Amos 5:18–20; Zephaniah 1:14–18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. But--connected with Re 10:6. "There shall be no longer time (that is, delay), but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to (so the Greek) sound his trumpet (so the Greek), then (literally, 'also'; which conjunction often introduces the consequent member of a sentence) the mystery of God is finished," literally, "has been finished"; the prophet regarding the future as certain as if it were past. A, C, Aleph, and Coptic read the…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 10:7

• Mysteries
• Prophets
• Salvation
• Trumpet
• Vision

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• God
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• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Mystery
• Revelation of John

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