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 King James Version (NKJV)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.”

Context of Revelation 10:4

2And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 3And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 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. 5And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 6And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time 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

• ·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 Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven Assemblies which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
• Revelation 2:1Unto the angel of the Assembly of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden lampstands;
• Isaiah 8:1Moreover Yhwh said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.
• Habakkuk 2:2And Yhwh answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.
• Deuteronomy 29:29The secret things belong unto Yhwh our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
• Isaiah 8:16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
• Isaiah 29:11And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
• Daniel 8:26And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
• Daniel 12:4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

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
• Vision

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• Angel
• Revelation of John
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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