Revelation 14:2

And I heard a sound from heaven as a sound of many waters, and as a sound of great thunder. And the voice that I heard was as of harpers harping with their harps.

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In The King James Version

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

In Context

1And I looked, and lo, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with it a number, a hundred and forty-four thousand, having its name and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.

3And they sing a new song before the throne, and before the four beings and the elders. And none could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand, those who have been redeemed from the earth.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of an exceedingly loud trumpet. And all the people who were in the camp trembled.

2 Samuel 6:5And David and all the house of Israel played before LORD with all manner of [instruments of] fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.

2 Chronicles 20:28And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of LORD.

Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise thee upon the harp, O God, my God.

Psalms 92:3with an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery, with a solemn sound upon the harp.

Psalms 98:5Sing praises to LORD with the harp. With the harp and the voice of melody,

Matthew Henry on Revelation 14:2-6

The Lamb and His Attendants. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty… Read the whole commentary →

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