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| 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. | 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. |
| 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. | 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. |
| 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. | 4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the angel's hand. |
| 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. | 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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