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Revelation 8:1

When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    And when he had opened the seventh seale there was silence in heven aboute the space of halfe an houre.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    And when he had opened the seuenth seale, there was silence in heauen about halfe an houre.

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Cross-references (13)

Passages linked to Revelation 8:1 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Zechariah 2:13 Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”
  • Habakkuk 2:20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”
  • Revelation 6:1 I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, “Come and see!”
  • Psalms 62:1 My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
  • Job 4:16 It stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
  • Psalms 37:7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
  • Revelation 5:1 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
  • Revelation 6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
  • Revelation 6:12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
  • Revelation 6:3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”
  • Revelation 6:5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come and see!” And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.
  • Revelation 6:7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see!”
  • Revelation 5:9 They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

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Explain this verse (29 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He returneth to the history of the seals of…

He returneth to the history of the seals of the book, which the Lamb openeth. The seventh seal is the next foresignification, and a precise commandment of the execution of the most heavy judgments of God upon this wicked world: which foresignification being understood by the seal, all things in heaven are silent, and in horror thorough admiration until commandment of execution be severally given of God unto the ministers of his wrath. So he passeth unto the third member of which I spake before in Rev. 6:1, which is of the execution of those evils wherewith God most justly determined to afflict the world.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1 And when he had opened the seventh seal,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain And when he; that is, the Lamb, mentioned Rev…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain When he had opened, that is, when the Lamb,…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain In these verses we have the prelude to the…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when he had opened the seventh seal,.... That…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And when he had opened the seventh seal, there…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain The opening of the seventh seal, 1.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Rev 8:1. And when he had opened the seventh…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And when he had opened the seventh seal -…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain There was silence in heaven: which is to represent…
John Nelson Darby 1862 · Public Domain Revelation Chapter 8
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures 1864 · Public Domain Rev_8:1 to Rev_9:21
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain Seventh seal issues no revelation, but inaugurates the seven…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain The Seventh Seal. Chap. 8 Rev_8:1
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (1) And when he had opened the seventh seal…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And when. Kai otan , instead of kai ote…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain The seventh seal … silence in heaven.
The Expositor's Bible 1887 · Public Domain Rev_8:1-13; Rev_9:1-21.
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 1, 2. When he opened the seventh seal. It…
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain Rev_8:1. Seventh seal.—“The main visions give us more external…
William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain THE Lion of the tribe of Judah now opens…
The Sermon Bible 1900 · Public Domain Christ the Bearer of Prayer and Praise.
J. R. Dummelow 1909 · Public Domain The Seventh Seal. The Four Trumpets
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Adonai Jehovah. Isa 25:8.
Arno C. Gaebelein 1922 · Public Domain Rev 8:1-5.
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain The Third Vision and the Opening of the Seventh…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:1 The opening of the seventh seal concludes the…

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