Revelation 10:2

Translations

Modern

He 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.

Traditional

And 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,

Literal

…and having in his hand a little scroll having been opened. And he placed his right foot upon the sea and, the left upon the earth.

Latin

…et habebat in manu sua libellum apertum: et posuit pedem suum dextrum super mare, sinistrum autem super terram:

Original

Greek

English

He 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.

Notes

Revelation 10:2–3

Although the scroll is small, it is still very important. It reveals a small but critical part of God’s purposes for events that will happen before eternity begins.
he cried out in a loud voice: Compare Job 37:2–5; Psalm 18:13; Psalm 29:3–4.

Revelation 10:1–11:14

This interlude between the sixth and seventh trumpets has two parts:

the seven thunders and the small scroll (Revelation 10:1–11), and
the two witnesses (Revelation 11:1–13).

The interlude ends with the announcement that the second terror is over (Revelation 11:14).

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Ezekiel 2:9–10
Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
Revelation 10:5
Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.
Revelation 10:8–10
Then 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.”
Revelation 5:1–5
Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
Revelation 6:3
And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
Psalm 65:5
With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
Psalm 2:8
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.
Proverbs 8:15–16
By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;
Revelation 6:1
Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!”
Isaiah 59:19
So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
Ephesians 1:20–22
…which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

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