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Revelation 10 uses the Greek Septuagint translation of Psalm 28, where the voice of God thunders over the waters. In Revelation, this imagery is adapted to describe the loud cry of an angel, echoing the psalm’s portrayal of overwhelming divine sound.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
LXX Psalm 28:3
Septuagint
1 A Psalm of David on the occasion of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, you sons of God, bring to the Lord young rams; bring to the Lord glory and honor. 2 Bring to the Lord glory, due to his name; worship the Lord in his holy court. 3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is mighty; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 5 There is the voice of the Lord who breaks the cedars; the Lord will break the cedars of Lebanon.
Date: 100–1 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
Revelation 10:3
New Testament
1 Then I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire. 2 He held in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land. 3 Then he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices. 4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but just then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down.” 5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven
Date: 92–96 CE (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... In the New Testament, Revelation 10:2-4 appears to be familiar with the LXX rendering of Psalm 28, as does Acts 2. The ongoing interpretation of the Psalms can be traced through many church fathers, too. A significant influence of the Psalms, however, is the way that its distinctive language has influenced later Christian vocabulary ..."
James K. Aitken, “Psalms,” in The T&T Clark Companion to the Septuagint, ed. James K. Aitken, Bloomsbury Companions (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015), 330.
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