Revelation 10:5

Contemporary English Version

The angel I had seen standing on the sea and the land then held his right hand up toward heaven.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.

King James Version (1611)
And the Angel which I saw stand vpon the sea, and vpon the earth, lifted vp his hand to heauen,

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

New American Standard Bible
Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven,

New Century Version
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven,

THE MESSAGE
Then the Angel I saw astride sea and land lifted his right hand to Heaven and swore by the One Living Forever and Ever, who created Heaven and everything in it, earth and everything in it, sea and everything in it, that time was up—that when the seventh Angel blew his trumpet, which he was about to do, the Mystery of God, all the plans he had revealed to his servants, the prophets, would be completed.

English Standard Version
And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted his right hand toward heaven

Darby Translation
And the angel whom I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to the heaven,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Angel which I sawe stand vpon the sea, and vpon the earth, lift vp his hand to heauen,

George Lamsa Translation
And the angel which I saw standing upon the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven, and

Good News Translation
Then the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

Lexham English Bible
And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

Literal Translation
And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted his hand to Heaven,

Amplified Bible
Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and the land raised his right hand [to swear an oath] to heaven,

American Standard Version
And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

Bible in Basic English
And the angel which I saw taking his position on the sea and on the earth, put up his right hand to heaven,

Hebrew Names Version
The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,

International Standard Version
Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.Exodus 6:8; Daniel 12:7;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the land, lifted his right hand to heaven,

Murdock Translation
And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and the land, raised his right hand to heaven,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Angel which I sawe stande vpon the sea and vpon the earth, lyft vp his hande to heauen,

English Revised Version
And the angel which I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

World English Bible
The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted up his right hand toward heaven,

Weymouth's New Testament
Then the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the land, lifted his right hand toward Heaven.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the aungel whom Y say stondinge aboue the see, and aboue the erthe, lifte vp his hond to heuene,

Update Bible Version
And the angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

New English Translation
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven

New King James Version
The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand [fn] to heaven

New Living Translation
Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand toward heaven.

New Life Bible
Then the strong angel that I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted his right hand to heaven.

New Revised Standard
Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and the land raised his right hand to heaven

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the messenger, whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the land, lifted up his right hand unto heaven,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven.

Revised Standard Version
And the angel whom I saw standing on sea and land lifted up his right hand to heaven

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the angell which I sawe stonde apon the see and apon the erth lyfte vppe his honde to heven

Young's Literal Translation
And the messenger whom I saw standing upon the sea, and upon the land, did lift up his hand to the heaven,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the angel which I sawe stonde vpo the see, and vpon the earth, lifte vppe his honde to heauen,

Mace New Testament (1729)
Then the angel which I saw standing upon the sea, and upon the land, lifted up his hand to heaven,

Simplified Cowboy Version
The mighty angel standing on the land and the sea raised his right hand to the sky and

Contextual Overview

¹ I saw another powerful angel come down from heaven. This one was covered with a cloud, and a rainbow was over his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like columns of fire, ² and with his hand he held a little scroll that had been unrolled. He stood there with his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land. ³ Then he shouted with a voice that sounded like a growling lion. Thunder roared seven times. ⁴ After the thunder stopped, I was about to write what it had said. But a voice from heaven shouted, "Keep it secret! Don't write these things." ⁵ The angel I had seen standing on the sea and the land then held his right hand up toward heaven. ⁶ He made a promise in the name of God who lives forever and who created heaven, earth, the sea, and every living creature. The angel said, "You won't have to wait any longer. ⁷ God told his secret plans to his servants the prophets, and it will all happen by the time the seventh angel sounds his trumpet."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stand: Revelation 10:2

lifted: Genesis 14:22, Genesis 22:15, Genesis 22:16, Exodus 6:8, Deuteronomy 32:40, Ezekiel 20:5, Ezekiel 20:15, Ezekiel 20:23, Ezekiel 20:28, Ezekiel 20:42, Ezekiel 36:7, Ezekiel 47:14, Daniel 12:7, Hebrews 6:13, by him, Revelation 1:18, Revelation 4:9, Jeremiah 10:10, who, Revelation 4:11, Revelation 14:7, Genesis 1:1 - Genesis 2:25, Exodus 20:11, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalms 95:3-6, Psalms 146:5, Psalms 148:1-7, Jeremiah 10:11-13, Acts 14:15, Acts 17:23, Romans 1:20, that there, Rather, "the time should not be yet," קסןםןע [Strong's G5550], ןץך [Strong's G3756], וףפי [Strong's G2076], ופי [Strong's G2089], that is, the time of those glorious things with which "the mystery of God should be finished." Revelation 16:17, Daniel 12:7

Reciprocal: Psalms 106:26 - lifted Isaiah 3:7 - swear Ezekiel 44:12 - therefore Matthew 14:25 - walking Revelation 10:1 - another Revelation 10:8 - the voice

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.

Psalms 72:10
Force the rulers of Tarshish and of the islands to pay taxes to him. Make the kings of Sheba and of Seba bring gifts.

Isaiah 24:15
And so, everyone in the east and those on the islands should praise the Lord , the God of Israel.

Isaiah 40:15
To the Lord , all nations are merely a drop in a bucket or dust on balance scales; all of the islands are but a handful of sand.

Isaiah 41:5
Islands and foreign nations saw what I did and trembled as they came near.

Isaiah 42:4
He won't quit or give up until he brings justice everywhere on earth, and people in foreign nations long for his teaching.

Isaiah 42:10
Tell the whole world to sing a new song to the Lord ! Tell those who sail the ocean and those who live far away to join in the praise.

Isaiah 49:1
Everyone, listen, even you foreign nations across the sea. The Lord chose me and gave me a name before I was born.

Isaiah 51:5
Those who live across the sea are eagerly waiting for me to rescue them. I am strong and ready; soon I will come to save and to rule all nations.

Isaiah 59:18
Now the Lord will get furious and do to his enemies, both near and far, what they did to his people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth,.... His right foot being on the one, and his left foot upon the other, as described in Revelation 10:2;

lifted up his hand to heaven; the Oriental versions read, "his right hand"; and so some copies, and the Complutensian edition: the man clothed in linen, Daniel 12:6, who is the same with the angel here, held up both his hands; the lifting up of the hand was a gesture used in swearing: see Genesis 14:22; so the Jews say o, "the right hand", or by the right hand, זו יבועה, "this is an oath", according to Daniel 12:7; or whether the right hand or the left, is an oath, according to Isaiah 62:8.

o T. Bab. Nazir, fol. 3. 2. Yalkut Simeoni, par. 2. fol. 58. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the angel which I saw stand ... - Revelation 10:2. That is, John saw him standing in this posture when he made the oath which he proceeds to record.

Lifted up his hand to heaven - The usual attitude in taking an oath, as if one called heaven to witness. See Genesis 14:22; Deuteronomy 32:40; Ezekiel 20:5-6. Compare the notes on Daniel 12:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 10:5. Lifted up his hand to heaven — As one making an appeal to the supreme Being.