1 T hen I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, robed in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, and his feet (legs) were like columns of fire.

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

2 H e had a little book (scroll) open in his hand. He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,

And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

3 A nd he shouted with a loud voice like the roaring of a lion; and when he had shouted, the seven thunders gave voice and uttered their message in distinct words.

And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

4 A nd when the seven thunders had spoken (sounded), I was going to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders have said! Do not write it down!

And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

5 T hen the angel whom I had seen stationed on sea and land raised his right hand to heaven (the sky),

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

6 A nd swore in the name of (by) Him Who lives forever and ever, Who created the heavens ( sky) and all they contain, and the earth and all that it contains, and the sea and all that it contains. that no more time should intervene and there should be no more waiting or delay,

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:

7 B ut that when the days come when the trumpet call of the seventh angel is about to be sounded, then God’s mystery (His secret design, His hidden purpose), as He had announced the glad tidings to His servants the prophets, should be fulfilled (accomplished, completed).

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

8 T hen the voice that I heard from heaven spoke again to me, saying, Go and take the little book (scroll) which is open on the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.

And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

9 S o I went up to the angel and asked him to give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it and eat it. It will embitter your stomach, though in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.

And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

10 S o I took the little book from the angel’s hand and ate and swallowed it; it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but once I had swallowed it, my stomach was embittered.

And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

11 T hen they said to me, You are to make a fresh prophecy concerning many peoples and races and nations and languages and kings.

And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.