Revelation 6:13

Revelation 6:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
• New International Version (NIV)and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.

Context of Revelation 6:13

11Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed. 12And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. 14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. 15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Revelation 6:13 word by word

καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔπεσαν εἰς τὴν γῆν ὡς συκῆ βάλλει τοὺς ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς ὑπὸ ἀνέμου μεγάλου σειομένη,Read the interlinear

• andκαίkai · andG2532
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• starsἀστήρastēr · starG792
• skyοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• likeὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• unripe figsὄλυνθοςolunthos · late figG3653
• dropping fromβάλλωballō · to throw: pourG906
• a treeσυκῆsukē · fig treeG4808
• ·αὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• shakenσείωseiō · to shakeG4579
• byὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• a greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• windἄνεμοςanemos · windG417

Cross-references for Revelation 6:13

• Revelation 8:10Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
• Revelation 9:1Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
• Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
• Daniel 8:10It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them.
• Luke 21:25There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
• Isaiah 7:2When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
• Isaiah 33:9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
• Daniel 4:14He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.
• Nahum 3:12All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

Commentaries on Revelation 6:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The stars of heaven - The gods and goddesses, demi-gods, and deified heroes, of their poetical and mythological heaven, were prostrated indiscriminately, and lay as useless as the figs or fruit of a tree shaken down before ripe by a tempestuous wind.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal - See the notes at Revelation 5:1; Revelation 6:1. And, lo, there was a great earthquake - Before endeavoring to ascertain to what the sixth seal was designed to refer, it is proper, as in the previous cases, to furnish a particular explanation of the meaning of the symbols. All the symbols represented in the opening of this seal denote consternation, commotion, changes; but still they are all…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 When the sixth seal was opened, there was a great earthquake. The foundations of churches and states would be terribly shaken. Such bold figurative descriptions of great changes abound in the prophecies of Scripture; for these events are emblems, and declare the end of the world and the day of judgment. Dread and terror would seize on all sorts of men. Neither grandeur, riches, valour, nor strength, can support men at that time. They would be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14These violent and world-shaking signs are linked in Scripture to the day of the Lord. On this day, God’s judgment will disrupt the entire created order (see Isaiah 13:4–12; 34:1–4; Joel 2:1–32; Zephaniah 2:1–3; Mark 13:1–37).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. stars ... fell ... as a fig tree casteth her ... figs--(Is 34:4; Na 3:12). The Church shall be then ripe for glorification, the Antichristian world for destruction, which shall be accompanied with mighty phenomena in nature. As to the stars falling to the earth, Scripture describes natural phenomena as they would appear to the spectator, not in the language of scientific accuracy; and yet, while thus adapting itself to ordinary men, it drops hints…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 6:13

• Astronomy
• Earthquakes
• Eclipse
• Fig Tree
• Heaven
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Stars

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Commentaries on Revelation 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings