Wahyu 10:4

10:4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but ¹  just then ²  I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down.”

Wahyu 11:6

11:6 These two have the power ³  to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time ⁴  they are prophesying. They ⁵  have power ⁶  to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want.

Wahyu 18:14

18:14 (The ripe fruit ⁷  you greatly desired ⁸ 

has gone from you,

and all your luxury ⁹  and splendor ¹⁰ 

have gone from you –

they will never ever be found again!) ¹¹ 

Wahyu 22:18

22:18 I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described ¹²  in this book.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

² tn The words “just then” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

³ tn Or “authority.”

⁴ tn Grk “the days.”

⁵ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁶ tn Or “authority.”

⁷ tn On ὀπώρα (opwra) L&N 3.34 states, “ἡ ὀπώρα σου τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τῆς ψυχῆς ‘the ripe fruit for which you longed’ Re 18:14. In this one occurrence of ὀπώρα in the NT, ‘ripe fruit’ is to be understood in a figurative sense of ‘good things.’”

⁸ tn Grk “you desired in your soul.”

⁹ tn On λιπαρός (liparo") BDAG 597 s.v. states, “luxury Rv 18:14.”

¹⁰ tn On τὰ λαμπρά (ta lampra) BDAG 585 s.v. λαμπρός 4 states, “splendor…in which a rich man takes delight (cp. Jos., Ant. 12, 220 δωρεὰς δοὺς λαμπράς) Rv 18:14.”

¹¹ tn Verse 14 is set in parentheses because in it the city, Babylon, is addressed directly in second person.

sn This verse forms a parenthetical aside in the narrative.

¹² tn Grk “written.”