Revelation 10:4 - Easy To Read Version The seven thunders spoke, and I started to write. But then I heard a voice from heaven. The voice said, “Don’t write what the seven thunders said. Keep those things secret.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the seven thunders had spoken (sounded), I was going to write [it down], but I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders have said! Do not write it down! American Standard Version (1901) And when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. Common English Bible When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and don’t write it down.” Catholic Public Domain Version And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me: "Seal the things that the seven thunders have spoken, and do not write them." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying to me: Seal up the things which the seven thunders have spoken; and write them not. |
\{I tell you these things will happen, but you don’t understand me. My words\} are like the words in a book that is closed and sealed. {\cf2\super [269]} You can give the book to a person that can read, and tell that person to read the book. But that person will say, “I can’t read the book. It is closed and I can’t open it.”
The Lord told me, “Get a large scroll {\cf2\super [93]} and use a pen {\cf2\super [94]} to write these words: ‘This is for Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’ (This means ‘There will soon be looting and stealing.’)”
Isaiah said, “Make an agreement and seal {\cf2\super [103]} it. Save my teachings for the future. Do this while my followers are watching.
“‘But you, Daniel, keep this message a secret. You must close the book. You must keep this secret until the time of the end. Many people will go here and there looking for true knowledge. And the true knowledge will increase.’
“He answered, ‘Go on about your life Daniel. The message is hidden. It will be a secret until the time of the end.
“The vision about those times, and the things I said, are true. But seal {\cf2\super [98]} the vision. Those things won’t happen for a long, long time.”
“There are some things that the Lord our God has kept secret. Only he knows those things. But the Lord told us about some things. And those teachings are for us and our descendants [195] forever! And we must obey all the commands in that law.
The voice said, “Write in a book all these things you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
So write the things you see. Write the things that happen now and the things that will happen later.
Then I heard the same voice from heaven again. The voice said to me, “Go and take the open scroll {\cf2\super [77]} that is in the angel’s hand. This is the angel that is standing on the sea and on the land.”
Then the angel told me, “Don’t keep secret the words of prophecy {\cf2\super [171]} in this book. The time is near \{for these things to happen\}.