KJV King James Version
And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
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Revelation 8:4
And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.
WEB World English Bible
The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.
ASV American Standard Version
And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and go up did the smoke of the perfumes to the prayers of the saints out of the hand of the messenger, before God;
Surrounding context — Revelation 8
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἀνέβηG305 · anabainōto ascendὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαπνὸςG2586 · kapnossmokeτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoθυμιαμάτωνG2368 · thumiamaincenseταῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπροσευχαῖςG4335 · proseuchēprayerτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἁγίωνG40 · hagiosholyἐκG1537 · ekout fromχειρὸςG5495 · cheirhandτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀγγέλουG32 · angelosangelἐνώπιονG1799 · enōpionbeforeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦ.G2316 · theosGod
Cross-references
Psalm 141:2Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.Luke 1:10And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.Revelation 8:3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
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