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The Book of Revelation, Chapter 8, Verse 1

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And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
King James Version
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
American Standard Version
And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were given unto them seven trumpets.
New English Translation
The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.
World English Bible
When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
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And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
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And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
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And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
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And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
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The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
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And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
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And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
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And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
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And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
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And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.