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1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
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1 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
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2 Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
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2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets.
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3 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer; and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne;
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3 Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
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4 and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God.
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4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the angel's hand.
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5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth; and there were peals of thunder, voices, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
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5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
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6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to blow them.
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6 Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
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7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, which fell on the earth; and a third of the earth was burnt up, and a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
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7 The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
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| Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible) |
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