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The Seventh Seal

Revelation 8:1

In 9 translations

BSB
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
KJV
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
WEB
When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
ASV
And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
LSV
And when He opens the seventh seal, there came silence in Heaven about half an hour,
YLT
And when he openeth the seventh seal, there came silence in the heaven about half-an-hour,
DBY
And when it opened the seventh seal, there was silence in the heaven about half an hour.
DRC
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven, as it were for half an hour.
GNV
And when he had opened the seuenth seale, there was silence in heauen about halfe an houre.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὅταν (“when”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὅτε (“when”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of ἡμιώριον: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort: ἡμιώρον.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ὅταν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὅταν; Robinson–Pierpont read ὅτε.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ ὅταν ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἑβδόμην, ἐγένετο σιγὴ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὡς ἡμιώριον.
RP2018
Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἑβδόμην, ἐγένετο σιγὴ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὡς ἡμιώριον.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξε τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἑβδόμην, ἐγένετο σιγὴ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὡς ἡμιώριον.
SCR1894
και οτε ηνοιξεν την σφραγιδα την εβδομην εγενετο σιγη εν τω ουρανω ως ημιωριον

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Zechariah 2:13Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
  • Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
  • Revelation 6:1Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”
  • Psalms 62:1In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
  • Job 4:16It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
  • Revelation 5:1Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
  • Revelation 6:12And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
  • Revelation 6:9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
  • Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
  • Revelation 6:3And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
  • Revelation 6:5And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.
  • Revelation 6:7And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
  • Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

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