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 the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven, 6and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there will be delay no longer, but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets. 8Then the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.” 9So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he said to me, “Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”

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

• but in the daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• of the voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: noiseG5456
• seventhἕβδομοςhebdomos · seventhG1442
• angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• he is aboutμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• to soundσαλπίζωsalpizō · to sound a trumpetG4537
• thenκαίkai · andG2532
• the mysteryμυστήριονmustērion · mysteryG3466
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• is finishedτελέωteleō · to finishG5055
• preachedεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• to His servantsδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401
• the prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396

Cross-references for Revelation 10:7

• Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”
• Romans 11:25For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery--so that you will not be wise in your own estimation--that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
• Romans 16:25Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past,
• Ephesians 3:3that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.
• Luke 24:44Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
• Acts 3:21whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Angel
• Ephesians, Epistle to the
• 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