Revelation 8:2

And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
- King James Version

And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were given unto them seven trumpets.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And I saw the seven angels who had their place before God; and seven horns were given to them.
- Basic English Bible

And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
- Darby Bible

And I saw the seven angels who stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
- Webster's Bible

Then I saw the seven angels who are in the presence of God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
- Weymouth Bible

I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
- World English Bible

And Y say seuene aungels stondinge in the siyt of God, and seuene trumpis weren youun to hem.
- Wycliffe Bible

and I saw the seven messengers who before God have stood, and there were given to them seven trumpets,
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for Revelation 8:2

8:2 And I saw - The seven trumpets belong to the seventh seal, as do the seven phials to the seventh trumpet. This should be carefully remembered, that we may not confound together the times which follow each other. And yet it may be observed, in general, concerning the times of the incidents mentioned in this book, it is not a certain rule, that every part of the text is fully accomplished before the completion of the following part begins. All things mentioned in the epistles are not full accomplished before the seals are opened; neither are all things mentioned under the seals fulfilled before the trumpets begin; nor yet is the seventh trumpet wholly past before the phials are poured out. Only the beginning of each part goes before the beginning of the following. Thus the epistles begin before the seals, the seals before the trumpets, the trumpets before the phials. One epistle begins before another, one seal before another, one trumpet especially before another, one phial before another. Yet, sometimes, what begins later than another thing ends sooner; and what begins earlier than another thing ends later: so the seventh trumpet begins earlier than the phials, and yet extends beyond them all. The seven angels which stood before God - A character of the highest eminence. And seven trumpets were given them. - When men desire to make known openly a thing of public concern, they give a token that may be seen or heard far and wide; and, among such, none are more ancient than trumpets, #Lev 25:9|; Num 10:2; Amos 3:6. The Israelites, in particular, used them, both in the worship of God and in war; therewith openly praising the power of God before, after, and in, the battle, #Jos 6:4|; 2Ch 13:14, &c. And the angels here made known by these trumpets the wonderful works of God, whereby all opposing powers are successively shaken, till the kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of God and his Anointed. These trumpets reach nearly from the time of St. John to the end of the world; and they are distinguished by manifest tokens. The place of the four first is specified; namely, east, west, south, and north successively: in the three last, immediately after the time of each, the place likewise is pointed out. The seventh angel did not begin to sound, till after the going forth of the second woe: but the trumpets were given to him and the other six together; (as were afterward the phials to the seven angels;) and it is accordingly said of all the seven together, that they prepared themselves to sound. These, therefore, were not men, as some have thought, but angels, properly so called.

People's Bible Notes for Revelation 8:2

Re 8:2 And I saw. Thus John introduces the vision of each seal. The vision is not the silence in heaven, but what John "saw". On this point some commentators make a mistake here. What he saw was the seven angels which stand before God; that is, the angels who act as his immediate ministering servants, to whom were given seven trumpets. The seventh seal, therefore, embraces these angels and their trumpets, and all they do in the following verses belongs to this seal. The seventh and last seal will not be exhausted until the seven trumpet angels have discharged their mission (Re 11:15).