Revelation 8:2
And I saw the seven angels, who stood before God; and to them were given, seven trumpets.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven, for about half an hour.
Cross References
Luke 1:19The angel answered, and said to him: I am Gabriel, who stand before God; and I am sent to converse with thee, and to tell thee these things.
Revelation 9:13And the sixth angel sounded; and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which was before God,
Revelation 15:1And I saw another prodigy in heaven, great and wonderful; seven angels, having seven plagues, the last in order, because with them the wrath of God is consummated.
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 →