Revelation 10:4 “When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing.…”

Revelation 10:4

When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don’t write them.”

American Standard Version

And when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

Geneva Bible 1599

And whe the seuen thunders had vttered their voyces, I was about to write: but I heard a voice from heauen saying vnto me, Seale vp those things which the seuen thunders haue spoken, and write them not.

Darby Translation

And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write: and I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Seal the things which the seven thunders have spoken, and write them not.

Young's Literal Translation

and when the seven thunders spake their voices, I was about to write, and I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, 'Seal the things that the seven thunders spake,' and, 'Thou mayest not write these things.'

Bible in Basic English

And when the seven thunders had given out their voices, I was about to put their words down: and a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Keep secret the things which the seven thunders said, and do not put them in writing.

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Cross references

“I was”

Revelation 1:11 Revelation 2:1–3 Isaiah 8:1 Habakkuk 2:2 Habakkuk 2:3

Revelation 1:11 · BSB

saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Revelation 2:1–3 · BSB

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

Isaiah 8:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Habakkuk 2:2 · BSB

Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

Habakkuk 2:3 · BSB

For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

“Seal up”

Daniel 12:4 Daniel 8:26 Daniel 12:9 Deuteronomy 29:29 Isaiah 8:16 Isaiah 29:11

Daniel 12:4 · BSB

But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

Daniel 8:26 · BSB

The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”

Daniel 12:9 · BSB

“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

Deuteronomy 29:29 · BSB

The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

Isaiah 8:16 · BSB

Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

Isaiah 29:11 · BSB

And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

Also

Revelation 22:10

Revelation 22:10 · BSB

Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

5Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

Read Revelation 10