Revelation 8:2
and I saw the seven messengers who have stood before God, and there were given to them seven trumpets,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
In Context
1And when He opens the seventh seal, there came silence in Heaven about half an hour,
Cross References
Numbers 10:1And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Amos 3:6Is a horn blown in a city, || And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, || And YHWH has not done [it]?
Luke 1:19And the messenger answering said to him, “I am Gabriel, who has been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak to you, and to proclaim this good news to you,
Revelation 9:13And the sixth messenger sounded the trumpet, and I heard a voice out of the four horns of the altar of gold that is before God,
Revelation 15:1And I saw another sign in the sky, great and wonderful: seven messengers having the seven last plagues, because in these the wrath of God was completed,
Matthew Henry on Revelation 8:2-7
The Seven Trumpets. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half a hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood 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. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the… Read the whole commentary →