2and he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left upon the earth;
3and he cried with a great voice, as a lion roareth: and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices.
4And when the seven thunders uttered [their voices], I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
5And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,
6and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:
7but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished they mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his servants the prophets.
8And the voice which I heard from heaven, [I heard it] again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.