Revelation 22:10
New International Version
Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near.

New Living Translation
Then he instructed me, “Do not seal up the prophetic words in this book, for the time is near.

English Standard Version
And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

Berean Standard Bible
Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

Berean Literal Bible
And he says to me, "Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is near.

King James Bible
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

New King James Version
And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

New American Standard Bible
And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

NASB 1995
And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

NASB 1977
And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

Amplified Bible
And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time [of their fulfillment] is near.

Christian Standard Bible
Then he said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He also said to me, “Don’t seal the prophetic words of this book, because the time is near.

American Standard Version
And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.”

Contemporary English Version
Don't keep the prophecies in this book a secret. These things will happen soon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he saith to me: Seal not the words of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

English Revised Version
And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the angel said to me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy in this book because the time is near.

Good News Translation
And he said to me, "Do not keep the prophetic words of this book a secret, because the time is near when all this will happen.

International Standard Version
Then he told me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

Literal Standard Version
And He says to me, “You may not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near.

Majority Standard Bible
Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.

New American Bible
Then he said to me, “Do not seal up the prophetic words of this book, for the appointed time is near.

NET Bible
Then he said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.

New Revised Standard Version
And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

New Heart English Bible
He said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he saith to me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

Weymouth New Testament
"Make no secret," he added, "of the meaning of the predictions contained in this book; for the time for their fulfillment is now close at hand.

World English Bible
He said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to me, 'Thou mayest not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is nigh;

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Context
Jesus is Coming
9But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!” 10Then he told me, Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near. 11Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”…

Cross References
Daniel 8:26
The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future."

Daniel 12:4
But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase."

Romans 13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Romans 13:12
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Revelation 1:3
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

Revelation 1:11
saying, "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

Revelation 10:4
When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down."


Treasury of Scripture

And he said to me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

he saith.

Revelation 22:12,13,16,20
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be…

Seal.

Revelation 5:1
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 10:4
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

Isaiah 8:16
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

for.

Revelation 1:3
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Isaiah 13:6
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Ezekiel 12:23
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.

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Revelation 22
1. The river of the water of life.
2. The tree of life.
5. The light of the city of God is himself.
7. Jesus Is Coming.
9. The angel will not be worshipped.
18. Nothing may be added to the word of God, nor taken away.














(10) And he saith to me . . .--The angel, in contrast to the injunctions given to Daniel (Daniel 12:9-13), bids the prophet "Seal not the words of the prophecy": the reason is added, "for the time is near." "Such is ever the difference between the prophecy of the old, and the prophecy of the new dispensation. The one belonged to a preliminary and prefatory state; the other to a completive and final condition. However long the gospel age may have lasted, or may yet continue, it is the last time (1John 2:18): after it there is none other: then shall the end come" (Matthew 24:14), (Dean Vaughan).

Verse 10. And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. The visions being now complete, St. John is commanded to communicate them to the world (cf. Revelation 10:4, where a contrary direction is given). The last sentence is again a repetition of the assertion of the shortness of this our time of preparation (cf. on ver. 7). The revelation deals not with events far distant in the future, but with those immediately present; for this reason the message is to be communicated (cf. Daniel 8:26, where the reason given for "shutting up the vision" is that the visions "belong to many days to come," Revised Version).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he told
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

me,
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

“Do not seal up
σφραγίσῃς (sphragisēs)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 4972: To seal, set a seal upon. From sphragis; to stamp for security or preservation; by implication, to keep secret, to attest.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

words
λόγους (logous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3056: From lego; something said; by implication, a topic, also reasoning or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, the Divine Expression.

of
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prophecy
προφητείας (prophēteias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4394: Prophecy, prophesying; the gift of communicating and enforcing revealed truth. From prophetes; prediction.

in this
τούτου (toutou)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

book,
βιβλίου (bibliou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 975: A papyrus roll. A diminutive of biblos; a roll.

because
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

time
καιρὸς (kairos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2540: Fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time. Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

near.
ἐγγύς (engys)
Adverb
Strong's 1451: Near. From a primary verb agcho; near.


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