“And the seuen Angels which had the seuen trumpets, prepared themselues to sound.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- King James Version
And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the seven angels who had the seven horns made ready for sounding them.
- Basic English Bible
And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves that they might sound with [their] trumpets.
- Darby Bible
And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- Webster's Bible
Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made preparations for blowing them.
- Weymouth Bible
The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
- World English Bible
And the seuene aungels, that hadden seuene trumpis, maden hem redi, that thei schulden trumpe.
- Wycliffe Bible
And the seven messengers who are having the seven trumpets did prepare themselves that they may sound;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Revelation 8:6
8:6 And the seven angels prepared themselves to sound - That each, when it should come to his turn, might sound without delay. But while they do sound, they still stand before God.
People's Bible Notes for Revelation 8:6
Re 8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets. See Re 8:2. There is the utmost deliberation. All must be made ready. The four angels hold back the winds (Re 7:1), then there was the silence of half an hour (Re 8:1); now the seven angels prepared themselves to sound. This implies that all things were being made ready for the great events to follow. Trumpets. The trumpet is used to give a signal. Usually it implied the march or charge of armies. See Joe 2:1,15; Jer 4:5 Eze 33:1-6. Sometimes it calls the people to worship. See Nu 31:6 1Ch 15:24. The reader will see that the first is likely to be the significance here.