^7:2Then¹ I saw another angel ascending from the east,² who had³ the seal⁴ of the living God. He⁵ shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission⁶ to damage the earth and the sea:⁷^7:3“Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants⁸ of our God.”

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Footnotes

1 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
2 Grk “from the rising of the sun.” ἀνατολή 2.a takes this as a geographical direction: “ἀπὸ ἀ. ἡλίου … from the east Rv 7:2; 16:12 … simply ἀπὸ ἀ.… 21:13.”
3 Grk “having,” but v. 3 makes it clear that the angel’s purpose is to seal others with the seal he carries.
4 Or “signet” (L&N 6.54).
5 Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
6 The word “permission” is implied; Grk “to whom it was given to them to damage the earth.”
7 Grk “saying.” The participle λέγων (legōn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.
8 See the note on the word “servants” in .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I saw another angel rising up from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were allowed to harm the earth and the sea, “Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

NLTNew Living Translation

And I saw another angel coming up from the east, carrying the seal of the living God. And he shouted to those four angels, who had been given power to harm land and sea, “Wait! Don’t harm the land or the sea or the trees until we have placed the seal of God on the foreheads of his servants.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, holding the seal of the living God, and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels who were given permission to damage the earth and the sea, saying, “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the slaves of our God on their foreheads.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

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