10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, (A)holy and true, (B)how long (C)before you will judge and (D)avenge our blood on (E)those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given (F)a white robe and (G)told to rest a little longer, (H)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers[a] (I)should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, (J)there was a great earthquake, and (K)the sun became black as (L)sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and (M)the stars of the sky fell to the earth (N)as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 (O)The sky vanished (P)like a scroll that is being rolled up, and (Q)every mountain and island was removed from its place.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

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