KJV King James Version
And 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:
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Revelation 10:1
And 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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then 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.
WEB World English Bible
I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
ASV American Standard Version
And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I saw another strong messenger coming down out of the heaven, arrayed with a cloud, and a rainbow upon the head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire,
Surrounding context — Revelation 10
1 And 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:
2 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,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as [when] a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 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.
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ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandεἶδονG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandἄλλονG243 · allosanotherἄγγελονG32 · angelosangelἰσχυρὸνG2478 · ischurosstrongκαταβαίνονταG2597 · katabainōto come/go downἐκG1537 · ekout fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανοῦG3772 · ouranosheavenπεριβεβλημένονG4016 · periballōto clotheνεφέλην,G3507 · nephelēcloudκαὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoἶριςG2463 · irisrainbowἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstαὐτοῦ,G846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπρόσωπονG4383 · prosōponfaceαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἥλιος,G2246 · hēliossunκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoπόδεςG4228 · pousfootαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenστῦλοιG4769 · stulospillarπυρός,G4442 · purfire
Cross-references
Ezekiel 1:28As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so [was] the appearance of the brightness round about. This [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw [it], I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.Matthew 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.Revelation 1:15-16And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.Daniel 10:6His body also [was] like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.Revelation 5:2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?Revelation 4:3And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.Revelation 8:2-5And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.Revelation 9:13-14And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,Revelation 8:13And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!Psalm 104:3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:Revelation 14:14-15And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.Genesis 9:11-17And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.Psalm 97:2Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.Revelation 7:1-2And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.Isaiah 54:9For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.Song of Solomon 5:15His legs [are as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance [is] as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.Revelation 10:5-6And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,Exodus 16:10And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
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