Revelation 8:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of 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 the appearance thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

Psalm 37:7

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Psalm 62:1

My soul waiteth only upon God: From him cometh 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 is waked up out of his holy habitation.

Matthew 27:66

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

Revelation 5:1

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 5:9

And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

Revelation 6:1

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.

Revelation 6:12

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;

Revelation 6:3

And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.

Revelation 6:5

And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat thereon had a balance in his hand.

Revelation 6:7

And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

Revelation 6:9

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: