Revelation 8:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

WHEN HE [the Lamb] broke open the seventh seal, there was silence for about half an hour in heaven.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

Common English Bible

Then, when the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven, as it were for half an hour.

Revelation 8:1 Cross References

Job 4:16

It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice:

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over him who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

Psalm 62:1

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.

Habakkuk 2:20

But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.

Zechariah 2:13

Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.

Matthew 27:66

So they went and made the sepulchre secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

Revelation 5:1

And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;

Revelation 5:9

and they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy art thou to take the scroll and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and by thy blood didst ransom men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

Revelation 6:1

Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say, as with a voice of thunder, “Come!”

Revelation 6:12

When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,

Revelation 6:3

When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”

Revelation 6:5

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a balance in his hand;

Revelation 6:7

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

Revelation 6:9

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne;