Revelation 10:6 BSB

Revelation 10:6

And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!

BSB

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ASV

and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:

KJV

And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

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Commentary

4 voices

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 10:5-6 (614)

God swears by himself, since there is none greater than he. But the angels, being creatures, swear by the Creator, for due to our untrustworthiness, they are the guarantors of what is said by them. They swear either that in the coming age there will …

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The solemn oath taken by this mighty angel. The manner of his swearing: He lifted up his hand to heaven, and swore by him that liveth for ever, by himself, as God often has done, or by God as God, to whom he, as Lord, Redeemer, and ruler of the world, now appeals.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

By him that liveth for ever and ever - The eternal, self-existent Jehovah, the Maker of all things. That there should be time no longer - That the great counsels relative to the events already predicted should be immediately fulfilled, and that there should be no longer delay. This has no reference to the day of judgment.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The appointed season or time of delay is at an end (the same Greek is here as in Re 6:11, chronus). Not as English Version implies, Time shall end and eternity begin.

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Original language & word study

36 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὤμοσεν	ōmosen	he swore	G3660 →
ἐν	en	by	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the [One]	G3588 →
ζῶντι	zōnti	living	G2198 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
αἰῶνας	aiōnas	ages	G165 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
αἰώνων,	aiōnōn	ages,	G165 →
ὃς	hos	who	G3739 →
ἔκτισεν	ektisen	created	G2936 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
οὐρανὸν	ouranon	heaven	G3772 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the [things]	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτῷ	autō	it	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	earth	G1093 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the [things]	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	it	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
θάλασσαν	thalassan	sea	G2281 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the [things]	G3588 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	it	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
χρόνος	chronos	Delay	G5550 →
οὐκέτι	ouketi	no longer	G3756 →G2089 →
ἔσται,	estai	will there be!	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 4:11
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
leads to
- Colossians 1:16–17
  For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
- Revelation 5:12
  In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
- Isaiah 40:28
  Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching…
- Proverbs 16:4
  The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
- John 1:1–3
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Through
Revelation 4:9
And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,
leads to
- Revelation 5:13–14
  And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to…
- Revelation 7:11–12
  And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
- Revelation 15:7
  Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Revelation

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Revelation