Revelation 10:1

And I saw another strong messenger coming down out of the heaven, arrayed with a cloud, and a rainbow upon the head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2and he had in his hand a little scroll opened, and he did place his right foot upon the sea, and the left upon the land,

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Cross References

Exodus 16:10and it cometh to pass, when Aaron is speaking unto all the company of the sons of Israel, that they turn towards the wilderness, and lo, the honour of Jehovah is seen in the cloud.

Psalms 97:2Cloud and darkness [are] round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.

Song of Solomon 5:15His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

Isaiah 54:9For, the waters of Noah [is] this to Me, In that I have sworn — the waters of Noah Do not pass again over the earth — So I have sworn, Wrath is not upon thee, Nor rebuke against thee.

Ezekiel 1:28As the appearance of the bow that is in a cloud in a day of rain, so [is] the appearance of the brightness round about.

Daniel 10:6and his body as a beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet as the aspect of bright brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 10:1

This chapter is an introduction to the latter part of the prophecies of this book. Whether what is contained between this and the sounding of the seventh trumpet ( ch. xi. 15 ) be a distinct prophecy from the other, or only a more general account of some of the principal things included in the other, is disputed by our curious enquirers into these abstruse writings. However, here we have, I. A remarkable description of a very glorious angel with an open book in his hand, ver. 1-3 . II. An account of seven thunders… Read the whole commentary →

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