ESV

ESV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Revelation 8 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:1 - When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:2 - Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:3 - And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:4 - and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5 - Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings,[fn] flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

The Seven Trumpets

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:6 - Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:7 - The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:8 - The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:9 - A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:10 - The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:11 - The name of the star is Wormwood.[fn] A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:12 - The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13 - Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”
ESV Footnotes
Or voices, or sounds
Wormwood is the name of a plant and of the bitter-tasting extract derived from it
ESV

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Books and Bibles, a Publishing Ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

See detailed copyright information.

For more information on this translation, see the ESV Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
ESV
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
ESV

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan