Revelation 10:1

Revelation 10:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

Context of Revelation 10:1

I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire; 2and he had in his hand a little book which was open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left on the land; 3and he cried out with a loud voice, as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, the seven peals of thunder uttered their voices.

Revelation 10:1 word by word

Καὶ εἶδον ἄλλον ἄγγελον ἰσχυρὸν καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ περιβεβλημένον νεφέλην, καὶ ἡ ἶρις ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὡς στῦλοι πυρός,Read the interlinear

• I sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• anotherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
• strongἰσχυρόςischuros · strongG2478
• angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• comingκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• out of heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• clothedπεριβάλλωperiballō · to clotheG4016
• with a cloudνεφέληnephelē · cloudG3507
• rainbowἶριςiris · rainbowG2463
• was upon his headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• his faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• was likeὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• the sunἥλιοςhēlios · sunG2246
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• pillarsστῦλοςstulos · pillarG4769
• of fireπῦρpur · fireG4442

Cross-references for Revelation 10:1

• Revelation 10:5Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven,
• Revelation 5:2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?”
• Revelation 7:1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.
• Revelation 8:2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
• Revelation 9:13Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
• Revelation 14:14Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
• Revelation 1:7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.
• Exodus 16:10It came about as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
• Leviticus 16:2The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
• Psalms 97:2Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
• Psalms 104:3He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind;
• Isaiah 19:1The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
• Lamentations 3:44You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through.
• Daniel 7:13“I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.
• Luke 21:27Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
• Revelation 4:3And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.

Commentaries on Revelation 10:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Another mighty angel - Either Christ or his representative; clothed with a cloud; a symbol of the Divine majesty. A rainbow was upon his head - The token of God's merciful covenant with mankind. His face was as it were the sun - So intensely glorious that it could not be looked on. His feet as pillars of fire - To denote the rapidity and energy of his motions, and the stability of his counsels.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1And I saw - I had a vision of. The meaning is, that he saw this subsequently to the vision in the previous chapter. The attention is now arrested by a new vision - as if some new dispensation or economy was about to occur in the world. Another mighty angel - He had before seen the seven angels who were to blow the seven trumpets Revelation 8:2, he had seen six of them successively blow the trumpet, he now sees another angel, different from them, and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The Angel of the covenant presents a little open book, which is followed with seven thunders. (1-4) At the end of the following prophecies, time should be no more. (5-7) A voice directs the apostle to eat the book. (8-10) And tells him he must prophesy further. (11) Verses 1-7 The apostle saw another representation. The person communicating this discovery probably was our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, or it was to show his glory. He veils his glory…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1another mighty angel (see Revelation 5:2; 7:2; compare 1:12–16): This angel looks like the large bronze Colossus that stood as a symbol of human power in the harbor of Rhodes for several decades before an earthquake toppled it in the late 200s BC. The statue was still broken when John wrote Revelation. It was about 100 feet tall and represented the sun god, Helios. The angel was surrounded by a cloud, suggesting he was larger than the Rhodes statue and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-11As an episode was introduced between the sixth and seventh seals, so there is one here (Re 10:1-11:14) after the sixth and introductory to the seventh trumpet (Re 11:15, which forms the grand consummation). The Church and her fortunes are the subject of this episode: as the judgments on the unbelieving inhabiters of the earth (Re 8:13) were the exclusive subject of the fifth and sixth woe-trumpets. Re 6:11 is plainly referred to in Re 10:6 below; in Re…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 10:1

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Astronomy
• Bow
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Rainbow
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Rainbow
• Cloud
• Gileadites
• Pillar
• Revelation of John
• Angels
• Sun

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