Revelation 8:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Revelation 8:5

3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with ^athe prayers of all the saints upon ^bthe golden altar which was before the throne.

4 And ^athe smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.

5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And ^athere were noises, thunderings, ^blightnings, ^cand an earthquake.

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

First Trumpet: Vegetation Struck

7 The first angel sounded: ^aAnd hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown ^bto the earth. And a third ^cof the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck

8 Then the second angel sounded: ^aAnd something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, ^band a third of the sea ^cbecame blood.

9 ^aAnd a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck

10 Then the third angel sounded: ^aAnd a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, ^band it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

11 ^aThe name of the star is Wormwood. ^bA third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

Fourth Trumpet: The Heavens Struck

12 ^aThen the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day¹ did not shine, and likewise the night.

13 And I looked, ^aand I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, ^b“Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!”

Verse Comparison: Revelation 8:5

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American Standard Version
And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

Amplified® Bible
So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and cast it upon the earth. Then there followed peals of thunder {and} loud rumblings and blasts {and} noises, and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

Contemporary English Version
After this, the angel filled the incense container with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth. Thunder roared, lightning flashed, and the earth shook.

Darby English Version
And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast [it] on the earth: and there were voices, and thunders and lightnings, and an earthquake.

Good News Bible
Then the angel took the incense container, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth. There were rumblings and peals of thunder, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

International Standard Version
The angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth. Then there were peals of thunder, noises, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

King James Version
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

New American Standard Bible
Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

New International Version
Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

New King James Version
Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

Young's Literal Translation
and the messenger took the censer, and did fill it out of the fire of the altar, and did cast `it' to the earth, and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

New English Translation
Then¹ the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring,² flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

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