Revelation 14:16

Revelation 14:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
• New International Version (NIV)So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Context of Revelation 14:16

14Then I looked, and I saw a white cloud in front of me. I saw someone who was like a son of man. He was sitting on the cloud. He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp knife in his hand. 15Then another angel came out from God's house in heaven. He shouted with a loud voice to the person who was sitting on the cloud. He told him, ‘Use your sharp knife and start to work. It is time to bring in the harvest. Cut down the plants and bring them in. The harvest on the earth is now ready.’ Then the person who sat on the cloud moved his sharp knife over the earth. He cut down the earth's plants and he brought in the harvest. 17Then another angel came out from God's house in heaven. He also had a sharp knife in his hand. 18Again, another angel came from the altar where people offered gifts to God. This angel had authority for the fire on the altar. He shouted with a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp knife. He told him, ‘Use your knife and cut the grapes off the earth's vine. The grapes are ready now to make wine.’

Revelation 14:16 word by word

καὶ ἔβαλεν ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῆς νεφέλης τὸ δρέπανον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐθερίσθη ἡ γῆ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• heὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• that satκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the cloudνεφέληnephelē · cloudG3507
• thrustβάλλωballō · to throw: throwG906
• in hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• sickleδρέπανονdrepanon · sickleG1407
• the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• was reapedθερίζωtheridō · to reapG2325

Cross-references for Revelation 14:16

• Revelation 14:14Then I looked, and I saw a white cloud in front of me. I saw someone who was like a son of man. He was sitting on the cloud. He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp knife in his hand.
• Matthew 16:27I tell you all this because I, the Son of Man, will come back to this earth with God's angels. When I come, I will have the powerful beauty of my Father. I will see what each person has done on earth. Then I will pay them what is right.
• John 5:22More than that, the Father does not judge anyone. He has given authority to the Son, so that the Son will judge all people.
• Revelation 14:19So the angel moved his sharp knife over the earth. He cut off the grapes which grew in the earth's vineyard. He threw the grapes into the winepress where God stamps on the grapes because he is very angry.
• Revelation 16:1Then I heard a loud voice speak from God's house in heaven. It said to the seven angels, ‘Take your seven bowls that are full of God's anger. Go and pour them out on the earth.’

Commentaries on Revelation 14:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The earth was reaped - The judgments were executed. But where, or on whom, who can tell?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16And he that sat on the cloud - The Saviour, Revelation 14:14. Thrust in his sickle on the earth - To cut down the harvest - that is, to gather his people to himself. And the earth was reaped - So far as the righteous were concerned. The end had come; the church was redeemed; the work contemplated was accomplished; and the results of the work of the Saviour were like a glorious harvest.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 Warnings and judgments not having produced reformation, the sins of the nations are filled up, and they become ripe for judgments, represented by a harvest, an emblem which is used to signify the gathering of the righteous, when ripe for heaven, by the mercy of God. The harvest time is when the corn is ripe; when the believers are ripe for heaven, then the wheat of the earth shall be gathered into Christ's garner. And by a vintage. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-18The temple and the altar symbolize God's presence (see Revelation 9:13; 11:19; 16:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. thrust in--Greek, "cast."Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 14:16

• Sickle
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Bless
• Cloud
• Harp
• Thrust
• Torment
• Chaldea; Chaldeans
• Innocents, Massacre of the
• Print; Printing; Printed
• Reaping
• Retribution

Commentaries on Revelation 14

• 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