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Revelation 10:8

And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

KJV

καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἣν ἤκουσα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πάλιν λαλοῦσαν μετ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ λέγουσαν, ὕπαγε λάβε τὸ βιβλαρίδιον τὸ ἠνεῳγμένον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ τοῦ ἀγγέλου τοῦ ἑστῶτος ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

Greek NT

Et audivi vocem de cælo iterum loquentem mecum, et dicentem : Vade, et accipe librum apertum de manu angeli stantis super mare, et super terram.

Vulgate

And the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard it again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

ASV

And I heard a voice from heaven, again speaking to me and saying: Go and take the book that is open, from the hand of the angel who standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βιβλιαρίδιον
bibliaridion
noun · 4×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
θάλασσα
thalassa
noun · 91×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀνοίγω
anoigo
verb · 76×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑπάγω
upago
verb · 81×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: λαλοῦσαν | WH/Treg/NIV: λαλοῦσαν | RP: λαλοῦσα
  • λαλοῦσανSBLGNT
  • λαλοῦσανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • λαλοῦσαRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: λέγουσαν | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγουσαν | RP: λέγουσα
  • λέγουσανSBLGNT
  • λέγουσανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • λέγουσαRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: βιβλίον | WH/Treg/NIV: βιβλίον | RP: βιβλιδάριον
  • βιβλίονSBLGNT
  • βιβλίονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • βιβλιδάριονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 2:9 — And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
  • Rev 5:1 — And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
  • Rev 10:2 — And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
  • Rev 10:2 — And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
  • Rev 10:4 — And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.