Revelation 8:1

Webster's Bible (1833)

When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rev 6:1 : 1 I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come and see!"
  • Zech 2:13 : 13 Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!"
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
  • Rev 5:1 : 1 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
  • Rev 6:3 : 3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"
  • Rev 6:5 : 5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.
  • Rev 6:7 : 7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"
  • Rev 6:9 : 9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.
  • Job 4:16 : 16 It stood still, but I couldn't discern the appearance of it; A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
  • Hab 2:20 : 20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!"
  • Ps 62:1 : 1 > My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 They sang a new song, saying, "You are worthy to take the book, And to open its seals: For you were killed, And bought us for God with your blood, Out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

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  • Rev 8:2
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    2I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

  • Rev 6:1
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    1I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come and see!"

  • Rev 6:7-12
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    7When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!"

    8And behold, a pale horse, and he who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.

    9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

    10They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

    11A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

    12I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

  • Rev 10:2-8
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    2He had in his hand a little open book. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.

    3He cried with a loud voice, as a lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.

    4When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don't write them."

    5The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,

    6and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there will no longer be delay,

    7but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.

    8The 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."

  • Rev 5:1-3
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    1I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

    2I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"

    3No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it.

  • Rev 8:5-7
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    5The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.

    6The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

    7The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. One third of the earth was burnt up,{TR omits "One third of the earth was burnt up"} and one third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

  • Rev 7:1-3
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    1After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

    2I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,

    3saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!"

  • Rev 15:7-8
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    7One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

    8The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.

  • Rev 15:5
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    5After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.

  • Rev 11:19
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    19God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.

  • Rev 6:3
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    3When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!"

  • Rev 22:10
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    10He said to me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

  • Rev 16:17
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    17The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came forth out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, "It is done!"

  • Rev 9:13
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    13The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,

  • Rev 15:1
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    1I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God's wrath is finished.

  • Rev 21:1
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    1I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

  • Rev 5:7-8
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    7Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

    8Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

  • Rev 4:1
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    1After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this."

  • Rev 14:7
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    7He said with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"

  • Hab 2:20
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    20But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!"

  • Rev 14:2
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    2I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

  • Rev 16:1
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    1I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!"

  • Rev 6:14
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    14The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

  • Rev 11:15
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    15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"

  • Rev 6:5
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    5When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.

  • Rev 9:15
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    15The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.

  • Rev 8:12
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    12The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.

  • 1 Cor 14:30
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    30But if a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.

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    3Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.

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    1The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.

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    8You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,