The Sixth Seal: Terror
Revelation 6:14
In 9 translations
- BSB
- The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
- KJV
- And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- WEB
- The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island was moved out of its place.
- ASV
- And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- LSV
- and the sky departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places;
- YLT
- and heaven departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island — out of their places they were moved;
- DBY
- And the heaven was removed as a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were removed out of their places.
- DRC
- And the heaven departed as a book folded up: and every mountain, and the islands were moved out of their places.
- GNV
- And heauen departed away, as a scroule, when it is rolled, and euery mountaine and yle were mooued out of their places.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text, Greek reading followed by the King James Version include ὁ (“the”); Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Spelling of ἑλισσόμενον: Textus Receptus: εἱλισσόμενον.
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον, καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ νῆσος ἐκ τῶν τόπων αὐτῶν ἐκινήθησαν.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον, καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ νῆσος ἐκ τῶν τόπων αὐτῶν ἐκινήθησαν.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη ὡς βιβλίον εἱλισσόμενον, καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ νῆσος ἐκ τῶν τόπων αὐτῶν ἐκινήθησαν.
- SCR1894
- και ουρανος απεχωρισθη ως βιβλιον ειλισσομενον και παν ορος και νησος εκ των τοπων αυτων εκινηθησαν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
EarthquakesRoll (Scroll)DespondencyAstronomyIsland; IsleEthicsAscensionVisionHeavenMeteorology and Celestial Phenomena
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Part of
Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 34:4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
- Revelation 16:20Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.
- 2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
- Hebrews 1:11–13They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.” Yet to which of…
- Psalms 102:26They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
- Jeremiah 4:23–26I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light. I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying. I looked, and no man was left;…
- Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
- Ezekiel 38:20The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down,…
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
- Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
- Jeremiah 51:25“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
- Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
- Isaiah 2:14–17against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills, against every high tower, against every fortified wall, against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel. So the pride of man will be brought…
- Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
- Jeremiah 3:23Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).