Revelation 8:2

and I saw the seven messengers who before God have stood, and there were given to them seven trumpets,

Young's Literal Translation

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 openeth the seventh seal, there came silence in the heaven about half-an-hour,

3and another messenger did come, and he stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given to him much perfume, that he may give [it] to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar that [is] before the throne,

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Cross References

Numbers 10:1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Amos 3:6Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done [it]?

Luke 1:19And the messenger answering said to him, 'I am Gabriel, who have been standing near before God, and I was sent to speak unto thee, and to proclaim these good news to thee,

Revelation 9:13And the sixth messenger did sound, 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 heaven, great and wonderful, seven messengers having the seven last plagues, because in these was completed the wrath of God,

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 →

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