Bible Strands
Revelation 8:2
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The seer records a vision immediately after the Lamb opens the seventh seal, which brings half an hour of silence in heaven (Revelation 8:1).
The words — The text highlights angels standing ἐνώπιον (enōpion) = before/presence and receiving ἑπτὰ (hepta) = seven trumpets.
The thread — The motif of standing before God appears in Luke 1:19, while trumpet sounds signal divine action in Revelation 11:15 and Amos 3:6.
Why it lands — The text states angels are equipped with trumpets following heavenly silence, requiring the reader to recognize the shift from pause to impending judgment.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
Cross-references
- Luke 1:19 “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
- Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Amos 3:6 If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
- Matthew 18:10 See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- Revelation 8:6 And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
- 2 Chronicles 29:25 Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.
- Revelation 9:13 Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
- Revelation 15:1 Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
- Revelation 16:1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
- Numbers 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,