Revelation 8:6

8:6 Now ¹  the seven angels holding ²  the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

Revelation 5:8

5:8 and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground ³  before the Lamb. Each ⁴  of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). ⁵ 

Revelation 15:6

15:6 and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, dressed in clean bright linen, wearing wide golden belts ⁶  around their chests.

Revelation 18:19

18:19 And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, ⁷ 

“Woe, Woe, O great city –

in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth –

because in a single hour she has been destroyed!” ⁸ 

[8:6]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[8:6]  ² tn Grk “having.”

[5:8]  ³ tn Grk “fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[5:8]  ⁴ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[5:8]  ⁵ sn This interpretive comment by the author forms a parenthesis in the narrative.

[15:6]  ⁵ tn Or “wide golden sashes,” but these would not be diagonal, as some modern sashes are, but horizontal. The Greek term can refer to a wide band of cloth or leather worn on the outside of one’s clothing (L&N 6.178).

[18:19]  ⁷ tn Grk “with weeping and mourning, saying.” Here the participle λέγοντες (legontes) has not been translated because it is redundant in contemporary English.

[18:19]  ⁸ tn On ἡρημώθη (Jhrhmwqh) L&N 20.41 states, “to suffer destruction, with the implication of being deserted and abandoned – ‘to be destroyed, to suffer destruction, to suffer desolation.’ ἐρημόομαι: μιᾷ ὥρᾳ ἠρημώθη ὁ τοσοῦτος πλοῦτος ‘such great wealth has been destroyed within a single hour’ Re 18:17.”