| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire. | 1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like fiery pillars, |
| 2He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land, | 2and he had a little scroll opened in his hand. He put his right foot on the sea, his left on the land, |
| 3and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders sounded. | 3and he cried out with a loud voice like a roaring lion. When he cried out, the seven thunders spoke with their voices. |
| 4And 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.” | 4And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. Then I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Seal up what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down!" |
| 5And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven | 5Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. |
| 6and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay, | 6He swore an oath by the One who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: "There will no longer be an interval of time, |
| 7but 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. | 7but in the days of the sound of the seventh angel, when he will blow his trumpet, then God's hidden plan will be completed, as He announced to His servants the prophets." |
| 8Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” | 8Now the voice that I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, "Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land." |
| 9So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” | 9So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, "Take and eat it; it will be bitter in your stomach, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth." |
| 10And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter. | 10Then I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I ate it, my stomach became bitter. |
| 11And I was told, “You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.” | 11And I was told, "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings." |
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