American Standard Version
And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

Young's Literal Translation
And the seven messengers who are having the seven trumpets did prepare themselves that they may sound;

Revelation 8:6 Additional Translations
Geneva Study Bible

{4} And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

(4) This is the work of the administers. The angels, the administers of Christ, by sounding trumpet and voice (for they are heralds) effectually call forth the instruments of the wrath of God, through his power. Until now, things have been general. Now the narration of specific things follows, which the angels fix in number wrought in their order, set out in Re 8:7 and is concluded with the declaration of the event which followed these things done in the world, and in chapters ten and eleven.

Margin angels

See Scofield Note: "Heb 1:4".

8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets. See Re 8:2. There is the utmost deliberation. All must be made ready. The four angels hold back the winds (Re 7:1), then there was the silence of half an hour (Re 8:1); now the seven angels

prepared themselves to sound. This implies that all things were being made ready for the great events to follow.

Trumpets. The trumpet is used to give a signal. Usually it implied the march or charge of armies. See Joe 2:1,15; Jer 4:5 Eze 33:1-6. Sometimes it calls the people to worship. See Nu 31:6 1Ch 15:24. The reader will see that the first is likely to be the significance here.

Revelation 8:6 Parallel Commentaries
Angels Blow Blowing Horns Messengers Preparations Prepare Prepared Ready Seven Sound Sounding Themselves TrumpetsAngels Blow Blowing Horns Messengers Preparations Prepare Prepared Ready Seven Sound Sounding Themselves TrumpetsKing James Bible

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