The Sixth Seal

12 Then I saw him open[a] the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred;(A) the sun turned black like sackcloth(B) made of hair; the entire moon[b] became like blood;(C) 13 the stars[c] of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind; 14 the sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up;(D) and every mountain and island was moved from its place.(E)

15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.(F) 16 And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us(G) from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their[d] wrath has come! And who is able to stand?” (H)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:12 Or I saw when he opened
  2. 6:12 Or the full moon
  3. 6:13 Perhaps meteors
  4. 6:17 Other mss read his

12 And I watched when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake took place, and the sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood, 13 and the stars of heaven[a] fell to the earth like a fig tree throws down its unripe figs when[b] shaken by a great wind. 14 And the sky was split apart like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their place. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the most important people, and the military leaders, and the rich, and the powerful, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:13 Or “of the sky”
  2. Revelation 6:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“shaken”) which is understood as temporal