Revelation 7:1

After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

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WEBBE

After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

BSB

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.

KJV

And 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.

ASV

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.

BBE

After this I saw four angels in their places at the four points of the earth, keeping back the four winds in their hands, so that there might be no moving of the wind on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.

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Καὶ Kai and G2532 μετὰ meta After G3326 τοῦτο touto this thing G3778 εἶδον eidon I saw G1492 τέσσαρας tessaras four G5064 ἀγγέλους angelous angels G32 ἑστῶτας hestōtas standing G2476 ἐπὶ epi upon G1909 τὰς tas the G3588 τέσσαρας tessaras four G5064 γωνίας gōnias corners G1137 τῆς tēs of the G3588 γῆς gēs earth G1093 κρατοῦντας kratountas holding G2902 τοὺς tous the G3588 τέσσαρας tessaras four G5064 ἀνέμους anemous winds G417 τῆς tēs of the G3588 γῆς gēs earth G1093 ἵνα ina so that G2443 μὴ mē no G3361 πνέῃ pneē may blow G4154 ἄνεμος anemos wind G417 ἐπὶ epi on G1909 τῆς tēs the G3588 γῆς gēs earth G1093 μήτε mēte nor G3383 ἐπὶ epi on G1909 τῆς tēs the G3588 θαλάσσης thalassēs sea G2281 μήτε mēte nor G3383 ἐπὶ epi on G1909 πᾶν pan all G3956 δένδρον.¶ dendron tree G1186

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–8

In the figurative language of Scripture, the blowing of the four winds together, means a dreadful and general destruction. But the destruction is delayed. Seals were used to mark for each person his own possessions. This mark is the witness of the Holy Ghost, printed in the hearts of believers. And the Lord would not suffer his people to be afflicted before they were marked, that they might be prepared against all conflicts. And, observe, of those who are thus sealed by the Spirit, the seal must be on the forehead, plainly to be seen alike by friends and foes, but not by the believer himself, except as he looks stedfastly in the glass of God's word. The number of those who were sealed, may be understood to stand for the remnant of people which God reserved. Though the church of God is but a little flock, in comparison with the wicked world, yet it is a society really large, and to be still more enlarged. Here the universal church is figured under the type of Israel.

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IsraelAngel (A Spirit)VisionMeteorology And Celestial PhenomenaEarth

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