Revelation 10, side by side

Two versions of the same chapter. Each row is one verse, so you can see how the wording changes.

Modern

1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Classic

1And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

Modern

2He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

Classic

2And 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,

Modern

3Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

Classic

3And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

Modern

4When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

Classic

4And 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.

Modern

5Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

Classic

5And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

Modern

6And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!

Classic

6And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

Modern

7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”

Classic

7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

Modern

8Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

Classic

8And 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.

Modern

9And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”

Classic

9And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

Modern

10So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.

Classic

10And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

Modern

11And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”

Classic

11And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

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