The Angel and the Small Scroll
Revelation 10:8
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”
- KJV
- And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
- WEB
- The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, “Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.”
- ASV
- And the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard it again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
- LSV
- And the voice that I heard out of Heaven is again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take the little scroll that is open in the hand of the messenger who has been standing on the sea, and on the land”:
- YLT
- And the voice that I heard out of the heaven is again speaking with me, and saying, 'Go, take the little scroll that is open in the hand of the messenger who hath been standing upon the sea, and upon the land:'
- DBY
- And the voice which I heard out of the heaven [was] again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the little book which is opened in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the earth.
- DRC
- And I heard a voice from heaven again speaking to me, and saying: Go, and take the book that is open, from the hand of the angel who standeth upon the sea, and upon the earth.
- GNV
- And the voyce which I heard from heauen, spake vnto me againe, and said, Go and take the litle booke which is open in the hand of the Angel, which standeth vpon the sea and vpon the earth.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read λαλοῦσαν (“was speaking”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read λαλοῦσα (“was speaking”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read λέγουσαν (“saying”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read λέγουσα (“saying”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read βιβλίον (“little scroll”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read βιβλαρίδιον (“little scroll”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text, Greek reading followed by the King James Version include τοῦ (“of the”); Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: λαλοῦσαν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read λαλοῦσαν; Robinson–Pierpont read λαλοῦσα.
- SBLGNT: λέγουσαν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read λέγουσαν; Robinson–Pierpont read λέγουσα.
- SBLGNT: βιβλίον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read βιβλίον; Robinson–Pierpont read βιβλιδάριον.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἣν ἤκουσα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πάλιν λαλοῦσαν μετʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ λέγουσαν· Ὕπαγε λάβε τὸ βιβλίον τὸ ἠνεῳγμένον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τοῦ ἑστῶτος ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἣν ἤκουσα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πάλιν λαλοῦσα μετ’ ἐμοῦ, καὶ λέγουσα, Ὕπαγε, λάβε τὸ βιβλιδάριον τὸ ἀνεῳγμένον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τοῦ ἑστῶτος ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἣν ἤκουσα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πάλιν λαλοῦσα μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ, καὶ λέγουσα, Ὕπαγε, λάβε τὸ βιβλαρίδιον τὸ ἠνεῳγμένον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ ἀγγέλου τοῦ ἑστῶτος ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
- SCR1894
- και η φωνη ην ηκουσα εκ του ουρανου παλιν λαλουσα μετ εμου και λεγουσα υπαγε λαβε το βιβλαριδιον το ηνεωγμενον εν τη χειρι αγγελου του εστωτος επι της θαλασσης και επι της γης
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 10:4–5When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.” Then the angel I had seen standing on…
- Revelation 10:2He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
- Isaiah 30:21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).