Revelation 7:3
New International Version
“Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

New Living Translation
“Wait! Don’t harm the land or the sea or the trees until we have placed the seal of God on the foreheads of his servants.”

English Standard Version
saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Berean Standard Bible
“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

Berean Literal Bible
saying, "Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads."

King James Bible
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

New King James Version
saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

New American Standard Bible
saying, “Do not harm the earth, or the sea, or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”

NASB 1995
saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”

NASB 1977
saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Legacy Standard Bible
saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the slaves of our God on their foreheads.”

Amplified Bible
saying, “Do not harm the earth nor the sea nor the trees until we seal (mark) the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Christian Standard Bible
“Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we seal the slaves of our God on their foreheads.”

American Standard Version
saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said, “Do not harm the land, neither the Sea, nor the trees, until we seal the Servants of God on their foreheads.”

Contemporary English Version
"Don't harm the earth or the sea or any tree! Wait until I have marked the foreheads of the servants of our God."

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we sign the servants of our God in their foreheads.

English Revised Version
saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Don't harm the land, the sea, or the trees until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."

Good News Translation
The angel said, "Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we mark the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads."

International Standard Version
"Don't harm the land, the sea, or the trees until we have marked the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads."

Literal Standard Version
“Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we may seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Majority Standard Bible
“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

New American Bible
“Do not damage the land or the sea or the trees until we put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

NET Bible
"Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."

New Revised Standard Version
saying, “Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have marked the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads.”

New Heart English Bible
saying, "Do not harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the slaves of our God on their foreheads."

Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

Weymouth New Testament
"Injure neither land nor sea nor trees," he said, "until we have sealed the bondservants of our God upon their foreheads."

World English Bible
saying, “Don’t harm the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!”

Young's Literal Translation
'Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we may seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads.'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
144,000 Sealed
2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: 3 “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.” 4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:…

Cross References
Exodus 12:23
When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

Ezekiel 9:4
"Go throughout the city of Jerusalem," said the LORD, "and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there."

Ezekiel 9:6
Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

John 3:33
Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

Revelation 6:6
And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine."

Revelation 7:1
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.

Revelation 7:2
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:


Treasury of Scripture

Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

Hurt not.

Revelation 6:6
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Revelation 9:4
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

Isaiah 6:13
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

till.

Revelation 14:1
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

Exodus 12:13,23
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt…

Isaiah 26:20,21
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast…

the servants.

Revelation 19:2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Daniel 3:17,26
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king…

in their.

Revelation 13:16
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

Revelation 14:1
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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Revelation 7
1. An angel seals the servants of God in their foreheads.
4. The number of those who were sealed of the tribes of Israel: 144,000.
9. Of all the other nations an innumerable multitude, which stand before the throne.
14. Their robes were washed in the blood of the Lamb.














Verse 3. - Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees. Hurt not, by loosing the four winds, as stated on ver. 2. The destruction prepared for the guilty world is not allowed to fall until God's elect have been gathered in, and preserved free from danger (cf. Matthew 24:31, where immediately after the appearance of the Son of man, his elect are gathered from the four winds). (For the signification of the earth, the sea, and the trees, see on vers. 1 and 2.) Till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. The angel associates himself with the first four, as being on an equality with them in this work, although he alone is stated to possess the seal (ver. 2). Of the nature of the sealing nothing more is indicated. The forehead is naturally mentioned as being the most conspicuous part of man, as well as that which we are accustomed to regard as the noblest and most vital part. The idea may be compared with that in Ezekiel 9:4, 6. It is remarkable, too, that the word in Ezekiel rendered "mark" is the name of the Hebrew letter tau, of which the ancient form was a cross (cf. the sign of the cross in baptism; also Revelation 3:12, "I will write upon him the Name of my God... and my new Name;" and Revelation 14:1, "Having his Father s Name written in their foreheads"). "The servants of our God," says Bengel, is a title which especially belongs to holy men in Israel (cf. Genesis 1:17; Deuteronomy 32:36; Isaiah 61:6). Those who hold the preterist view believe that the Christians who escaped the destruction of Jerusalem are indicated by this expression. The sealed are probably these referred to by our Lord in Matthew 24:22, 24, 31, as "the elect."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
“[Do] not
Μὴ (Mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

harm
ἀδικήσητε (adikēsēte)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 91: To act unjustly towards, injure, harm. From adikos; to be unjust, i.e. do wrong.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative 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.

land
γῆν (gēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

[or]
μήτε (mēte)
Conjunction
Strong's 3383: Nor, neither, not even, neither�nor. From me and te; not too, i.e. neither or nor; also, not even.

sea
θάλασσαν (thalassan)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2281: Probably prolonged from hals; the sea.

[or]
μήτε (mēte)
Conjunction
Strong's 3383: Nor, neither, not even, neither�nor. From me and te; not too, i.e. neither or nor; also, not even.

trees
δένδρα (dendra)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1186: A tree. Probably from drus; a tree.

until
ἄχρι (achri)
Conjunction
Strong's 891: As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to.

we have sealed
σφραγίσωμεν (sphragisōmen)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
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
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

foreheads
μετώπων (metōpōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 3359: The forehead, front. From meta and ops; the forehead.

of 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.

servants
δούλους (doulous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.

of our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

God.”
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.


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