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11 And (A)a white robe was given to each of them; and it was told to them that they should (B)rest for a little while longer, (C)until the number of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were to be killed even as they had been, would be (D)completed also.

12 Then I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and there was a great (E)earthquake; and the (F)sun became black as (G)sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13 and (H)the stars of the sky fell to the earth, (I)as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

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11 Then each of them was given a white robe,(A) and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[a] were killed just as they had been.(B)

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.(C) The sun turned black(D) like sackcloth(E) made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth,(F) as figs drop from a fig tree(G) when shaken by a strong wind.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 12:10; 19:10.