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and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/8-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angels hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/8-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/8-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/8-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/8-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>The second angel sounded, and <i>something</i> like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood, <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/8-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/8-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/8-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/8-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/8-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound! <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/revelation/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should add it unto the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/revelation/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And another angel came, and stood before the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer of the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which is before the throne of God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/revelation/8.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might give efficacy to the prayers of all saints at the golden altar which was before the throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/revelation/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should add it unto the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/revelation/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />And another angel came and stood close to the altar, carrying a censer of gold; and abundance of incense was given to him that he might place it with the prayers of all God's people upon the golden altar which was in front of the throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/revelation/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/revelation/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and another messenger did come, and he stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given to him much perfume, that he may give it to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar that is before the throne,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/rees/the_heart-cry_of_jesus/chapter_ix_prayerfulness.htm">Prayerfulness. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">DELIGHT IN PRAYER. The precious grace of entire sanctification brings to the heart a prayerful spirit. Prayer becomes the normal occupation of the soul. One is surprised to discover that while it was formerly difficult, if not irksome, to pray at times, now one prays because it is delightful and easy. DE RENTY. Many of us have been surprised to read in the biographies of pious men and women that they frequently spent hours in prayer. But the sanctified man understands all that now. He can readily <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/rees/the_heart-cry_of_jesus/chapter_ix_prayerfulness.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Byron J. Rees—</span><span class="citation2">The Heart-Cry of Jesus</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/a_short_and_easy_method_of_prayer/chapter_xxiv_of_the_way.htm">Of the Way to Attain Divine Union</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Of the way to attain Divine Union It is impossible to attain Divine Union solely by the activity of meditation, or by the meltings of the affections, or even by the highest degree of luminous and distinctly-comprehended prayer. There are many reasons for this, the chief of which are as follow:-- First, According to Scripture "no man shall see God and live" (Exod. xxxiii. 20). Now all the exercises of discursive prayer, and even of active contemplation, while esteemed as the summit and end of the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/a_short_and_easy_method_of_prayer/chapter_xxiv_of_the_way.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Madame Guyon—</span><span class="citation2">A Short and Easy Method of Prayer</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/justification_by_an_imputed_righteousness.htm">Justification by an Imputed Righteousness;</a><br></span><span class="snippet">OR, NO WAY TO HEAVEN BUT BY JESUS CHRIST. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. This is one of those ten excellent manuscripts which were found among Bunyan's papers after his decease in 1688. It had been prepared by him for publication, but still wanted a few touches of his masterly hand, and a preface in his characteristic style. He had, while a prisoner for nonconformity, in 1672, published a treatise upon this subject, in reply to Mr. Fowler, who was soon after created Bishop of Gloucester; but that was <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the_works_of_john_bunyan_volumes_1-3/justification_by_an_imputed_righteousness.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Bunyan—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/brown/christ_the_way_the_truth_and_the_life/chapter_xxviii_no_man_cometh.htm">No Man Cometh to the Father but by Me. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">This being added for further confirmation of what was formerly said, will point out unto us several necessary truths, as, I. That it is most necessary to be sound and clear in this fundamental point of coming to God only in and through Christ. For, 1. It is the whole marrow of the gospel. 2. It is the hinge of our salvation, Christ is "the chief corner stone," Isa. xxxviii. 16. 1 Pet. i. 5, 6; and, 3. The only ground of all our solid and true peace and comfort. 4 An error or a mistake here, is most <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/brown/christ_the_way_the_truth_and_the_life/chapter_xxviii_no_man_cometh.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Brown (of Wamphray)—</span><span class="citation2">Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/teresa/the_life_of_st_teresa_of_jesus/relation_v_observations_on_certain.htm">Relation v. Observations on Certain Points of Spirituality. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. "What is it that distresses thee, little sinner? Am I not thy God? Dost thou not see how ill I am treated here? If thou lovest Me, why art thou not sorry for Me? Daughter, light is very different from darkness. I am faithful; no one will be lost without knowing it. He must be deceiving himself who relies on spiritual sweetnesses; the true safety lies in the witness of a good conscience. [1] But let no one think that of himself he can abide in the light, any more than he can hinder the natural <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/teresa/the_life_of_st_teresa_of_jesus/relation_v_observations_on_certain.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Teresa of Avila—</span><span class="citation2">The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/v_annunciation_to_zacharias_of.htm">Annunciation to Zacharias of the Birth of John the Baptist. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">(at Jerusalem. Probably b.c. 6.) ^C Luke I. 5-25. ^c 5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa [a Jewish proselyte, an Idumæan or Edomite by birth, founder of the Herodian family, king of Judæa from b.c. 40 to a.d. 4, made such by the Roman Senate on the recommendation of Mark Antony and Octavius Cæsar], a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course [David divided the priests into twenty-four bodies or courses, each course serving in rotation one week in the temple <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/v_annunciation_to_zacharias_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">J. W. McGarvey—</span><span class="citation2">The Four-Fold Gospel</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_great_controversy/chapter_23_what_is_the.htm">What is the Sanctuary?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The scripture which above all others had been both the foundation and the central pillar of the advent faith was the declaration: "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." Daniel 8:14. These had been familiar words to all believers in the Lord's soon coming. By the lips of thousands was this prophecy repeated as the watchword of their faith. All felt that upon the events therein foretold depended their brightest expectations and most cherished hopes. These <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_great_controversy/chapter_23_what_is_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Great Controversy</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet_talks_on_the_crowned_christ_of_revelation/v_an_advance_step_in_the.htm">An Advance Step in the Royal Programme</a><br></span><span class="snippet">(Revelation, Chapters iv. and v.) "We are watching, we are waiting, For the bright prophetic day; When the shadows, weary shadows, From the world shall roll away. "We are watching, we are waiting, For the star that brings the day; When the night of sin shall vanish, And the shadows melt away. "We are watching, we are waiting, For the beauteous King of day; For the chiefest of ten thousand, For the Light, the Truth, the Way. "We are waiting for the morning, When the beauteous day is dawning, We are <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet_talks_on_the_crowned_christ_of_revelation/v_an_advance_step_in_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">by S. D. Gordon—</span><span class="citation2">Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gaebelein/the_work_of_christ/iii_his_future_work.htm">His Future Work</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The Lord Jesus Christ, who finished the work on earth the Father gave Him to do, who is now bodily present in the highest heaven, occupying the Father's throne and exercising His priesthood in behalf of His people, is also King. To Him belongeth a Kingdom and a kingly Glory. He has therefore a kingly work to do. While His past work was foretold by the Spirit of God and His priestly work foreshadowed in the Old Testament, His work as King and His glorious Kingdom to come are likewise the subjects <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/gaebelein/the_work_of_christ/iii_his_future_work.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">A. C. Gaebelein—</span><span class="citation2">The Work Of Christ</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../revelation/8-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Revelation 8:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Revelation 8:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../revelation/8-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Revelation 8:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Revelation 8:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/revelation/8-3.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>