Revelation 10:3

and he cried in a loud voice like the roaring of a lion. At his cry the seven peals of thunder spoke, each with its own voice.

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In The King James Version

And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

In Context

2in his hand he held a little book open. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land;

4And, when they spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say – ‘Keep secret what the seven peals of thunder said, and do not write it down.’

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Cross References

Joel 3:16Whenever the Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem, earth and sky quake; but the Lord is a refuge to his people, and a fortress to the people of Israel.

Amos 3:8The lion has roared; who does not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?

Revelation 8:5Then the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it down on the earth; and there followed peals of thunder, cries, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

Revelation 15:1Then I saw another portent in the heavens – a great and marvelous portent – seven angels with the seven last curses; because with them the wrath of God is ended.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 10:2-8

The Seven Thunders. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to… Read the whole commentary →

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