And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
KJV
Parallel translations
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
WEB
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
YLT
And when he openeth the seventh seal, there came silence in the heaven about half-an-hour,
DBT
And when it opened the seventh seal, there was silence in the heaven about half an hour.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both