Revelation 15:7

Verse

Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

American Standard Version (1901)

And one of the four living creatures gave unto the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

Bible in Basic English

And one of the four beasts gave to the seven angels seven gold vessels full of the wrath of God, who is living for ever and ever.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

Free Bible Version

One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the judgment of God, who lives for ever and ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

And one of the foure beastes gaue vnto the seuen Angels seuen golden vials full of the wrath of God, which liueth for euermore.

King James (Authorized) Version

And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

Translation for Translators

One of the four living creatures gave each of the seven angels a golden bowl, filled with wine/liquid. That wine/liquid symbolized that God, who lives forever, would severely punish rebellious people.

Unlocked Literal Bible

One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

Noah Webster Bible

And one of the four living beings gave to the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

World English Bible

One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

Young's Literal Translation

and one of the four living creatures did give to the seven messengers seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who is living to the ages of the ages;

Context

Preparation for Judgment

⁶And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.⁷Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.⁸And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

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(Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination

Roy Hession

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Summary

In Revelation 15:7, one of the four living creatures gives seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God to the seven angels. This imagery symbolizes the completion and readiness of God's judgment to be poured out upon the earth. The bowls represent the final outpouring of God's wrath as a response to the unrepentant sin and rebellion of humanity. This verse serves as a reminder of the righteous judgment of God and the consequences of rejecting His mercy and grace.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

one of the four beasts--Greek, "living creatures." The presentation of the vials to the angels by one of the living creatures implies the ministry of the Church as the medium for manifesting to angels the glories of redemption (Eph 3:10). vials--"bowls"; a broad shallow cup or bowl. The breadth of the vials in their upper part would tend to cause their contents to pour out all at once, implying the overwhelming suddenness of the woes. full of . . . wrath--How sweetly do the vials full of odors, that is, the incense-perfumed prayers of the saints, contrast with these!

John Gill Bible Commentary

And one of the four beasts,.... Or living creatures: now we hear of them, as of the four and twenty elders, under the blowing of the seventh trumpet, Rev 11:16 with which this vision is contemporary; these living creatures are the ministers of the Gospel; See Gill on Rev 4:6 and this was one, or the first of them, who was like a lion, for fortitude and courage, and whose voice was as the noise of thunder, Rev 4:7 and so fitly represents those ministers who shall give out the vials of God's wrath: not any particular person is designed, who shall be at this time; and much less Luke the evangelist, as Lord Napier thinks; nor Peter, who prophesied of the last time, Pe2 3:10 as Grotius; but a set of Gospel ministers, comparable to one of the living creatures John had before seen; of whom it is said, that they gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever: these seven vials are for the seven last plagues to be put into, and out of which they are to be taken, or poured, and inflicted; see Rev 21:9 hence it appears, that the seven plagues, and the wrath of God, are the same thing, and both design God's judgments upon antichrist; and these being expressed by "vials", which are measures, and large ones, show the large abundance and plenteous effusion of God's wrath, and the secret, sudden, and irresistible power of it; and yet that it will be poured out in measure, according to righteous judgment, and therefore it is put into vials; and these golden ones, expressive of the purity, holiness, and justice of the divine proceedings: and it will be very terrible; it will be, not the wrath of men, but of God, and a cup of the fierceness of his wrath; it will be the wrath of the living God, of him that lives for ever, and as he is, such will his wrath be; it will continue for ever, for this wrath will issue in the everlasting destruction of antichrist: so the wrath of God is signified by a wine cup of fury, Jer 25:15 and that destruction, and those plagues which God designed to bring upon Pharaoh, are by Jonathan ben Uzziel, in his Targum on Gen 40:12 called "a vial of wrath", which he should drink of: and in the pouring out of there seven vials, there is in some of them a manifest allusion to the plagues of Egypt. So the cup of trembling, in Isa 51:17 is by the Targumists called "a vial", and also "the cup of fury", Isa 51:22 and that these vials were not small narrow mouthed vessels, but large broad mouthed ones, and more properly basins or bowls, is manifest from the use of the word with Jewish writers. The dishes on which the loaves of the shewbread were set, each of which loaves was ten hands breadth long, and five broad (q), are by the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem on Exo 25:29 called "vials"; and so the chargers offered at the dedication of the tabernacle, Num 7:13 are, by the same, rendered vials, which weighed 130 shekels; and so the silver bowl they offered, is, by Josephus (r), called a vial: the bowls in Amo 6:6 are, by the Targum there, said to be "silver vials". The lordly dish brought by Jael to Sisera, Jdg 5:25 the Targum calls the vial of the mighty ones; and the earthen vessels used at the trial of the suspected wife, and at the cleansing of the leper, are both by Jewish writers said to be "vials" (s). Now these vials were given to the seven angels by one of the living creatures, the ministers of the word; from whence it seems that these angels design members of churches, as distinct from ministers; and may intend civil magistrates, and very principal ones, as kings of the earth, who, in this state of things, and times, will belong to the churches, and will be the instruments of destroying antichrist: and these vials may be said to be given to them by the ministers, since they will execute this vengeance in consequence of their prayers, and the churches', called vials full of odours, Rev 5:8 and because these great men will be stirred up by the ministers of the Gospel, and by their ministrations, to do this work; see Rev 18:4. (q) Misn. Menachot, c. 11. sect. 4, 5. (r) Antiqu. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 10. (s) Misn. Sota, c. 2. sect. 2. Joseph Antiqu. l. 3. c. 11. sect. 6. Misn. Negaim, c. 10. sect. 1.

Revelation 15:7

Preparation for Judgment

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Berean Standard Bible

Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

American Standard Version (1901)

And one of the four living creatures gave unto the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

Bible in Basic English

And one of the four beasts gave to the seven angels seven gold vessels full of the wrath of God, who is living for ever and ever.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

Free Bible Version

One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the judgment of God, who lives for ever and ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

And one of the foure beastes gaue vnto the seuen Angels seuen golden vials full of the wrath of God, which liueth for euermore.

King James (Authorized) Version

And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

Translation for Translators

Unlocked Literal Bible

One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

Noah Webster Bible

And one of the four living beings gave to the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

World English Bible

One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

Young's Literal Translation

and one of the four living creatures did give to the seven messengers seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who is living to the ages of the ages;

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Revelation 15:7

Verse

Context

Preparation for Judgment

Sermons

Summary

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Revelation 15:7

Preparation for Judgment

(Revelation Thoughts From the Book) 5. the Glorious Culmination

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes