Revelation 10:4

Revelation 10:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down."
• New Living Translation (NLT)When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Keep secret what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down.”

Context of Revelation 10:4

2He had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices. Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.” 5The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand to heaven 6and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be delay no longer,

Revelation 10:4 word by word

καὶ ὅτε ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταί, ἤμελλον γράφειν. καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λέγουσαν σφράγισον ἃ ἐλάλησαν αἱ ἑπτὰ βρονταί, καὶ μὴ αὐτὰ γράψῃς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• the sevenἑπτάhepta · sevenG2033
• thundersβροντήbrontē · thunderG1027
• had utteredλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• theirἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• voicesφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: noiseG5456
• I was aboutμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• to writeγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• I heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• a voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: noiseG5456
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Seal upσφραγίζωsphragizō · to sealG4972
• those things whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• themοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• notμήmē · notG3361

Cross-references for Revelation 10:4

• Revelation 1:11saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
• Revelation 2:1“To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
• Isaiah 8:1Moreover the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
• Habakkuk 2:2Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.
• Deuteronomy 29:29“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
• Isaiah 8:16Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among my disciples.
• Isaiah 29:11The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.” And he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
• Daniel 8:26“And the vision of the evenings and mornings Which was told is true; Therefore seal up the vision, For it refers to many days in the future.”
• Daniel 12:4“But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

Commentaries on Revelation 10:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices - After he had listened to those thunders; or when they had passed by. I was about to write - That is, he was about to record what was uttered, supposing that that was the design for which he hart been made to hear them. From this it would seem that it was not mere thunder - brutum fulmen - but that the utterance had a distinct and intelligible enunciation, or that words were employed that could be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Revelation shows God's plans for the world but keeps the mystery of his ways. The martyrs did not get an immediate answer to their cries (Revelation 6:10). The meaning of the seventh seal remains silent (Revelation 8:1). Here, the seven thunders are kept secret (compare Daniel 12:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. when--Aleph reads, "Whatsoever things." But most manuscripts support English Version. uttered their voices--A, B, C, and Aleph omit "their voices." Then translate, "had spoken." unto me--omitted by A, B, C, Aleph, and Syriac. Seal up--the opposite command to Re 22:20. Even though at the time of the end the things sealed in Daniel's time were to be revealed, yet not so the voices of these thunders. Though heard by John, they were not to be imparted by…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 10:4

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
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In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Revelation of John
• Seal

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