Revelation 8:1

New American Bible - revised edition

When he broke open the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Cross References

Job 4:16

It paused, but its likeness I could not recognize; a figure was before my eyes, in silence I heard a voice:

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the Lord; wait for him. Do not be provoked by the prosperous, nor by malicious schemers.

Psalm 62:1

For the leader; ‘al Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

Habakkuk 2:20

But the Lord is in his holy temple; silence before him, all the earth!

Zechariah 2:13

Now I wave my hand over them, and they become plunder for their own servants. Thus you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.

Matthew 27:66

So they went and secured the tomb by fixing a seal to the stone and setting the guard.

Revelation 5:1

I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sat on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 5:9

They sang a new hymn: “Worthy are you to receive the scroll and to break open its seals, for you were slain and with your blood you purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue, people and nation.

Revelation 6:1

Then I watched while the Lamb broke open the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures cry out in a voice like thunder, “Come forward.”

Revelation 6:12

Then I watched while he broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; the sun turned as black as dark sackcloth and the whole moon became like blood.

Revelation 6:3

When he broke open the second seal, I heard the second living creature cry out, “Come forward.”

Revelation 6:5

When he broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature cry out, “Come forward.” I looked, and there was a black horse, and its rider held a scale in his hand.

Revelation 6:7

When he broke open the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature cry out, “Come forward.”

Revelation 6:9

When he broke open the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the witness they bore to the word of God.