Revelation 6:17

Revelation 6:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
• New International Version (NIV)For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

Context of Revelation 6:17

15Then everyone on the earth hid themselves. They went to the mountains and they hid among the rocks and in holes in the rocks. Everyone tried to hide, even the kings and the rulers. The soldiers' leaders, the rich people and other powerful people all went to hide. Everyone hid, whether they were slaves or free people. 16They shouted to the mountains and to the rocks, ‘Fall on us and cover us. Hide us, so that the one who sits on the throne cannot see us. Also hide us from the Lamb who is very angry with us. Their great day has come. They will punish us because they are so angry. Nobody will be able to escape.’

Revelation 6:17 word by word

ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτῶν, καὶ τίς δύναται σταθῆναι;¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• the greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• dayὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• of hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• wrathὀργήorgē · wrathG3709
• is comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• shall be ableδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• to standἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476

Cross-references for Revelation 6:17

• Revelation 11:18The nations of the world were very angry. But now it is time for you to be angry with them. Now you will judge all the people who have died. You will give good things to your servants, the prophets, and to all your people. You will bless everyone who respects and obeys you, whether they are important people or not. But you will destroy all those people who destroy the earth. The time has now come for all this to happen.’
• Revelation 16:14Those bad spirits are the spirits of demons. They had the power to do miracles. They went to all the rulers in the whole world, to bring them together to fight in a big war. That war will happen on the great day of God, who has all power and authority.
• Isaiah 13:6Weep, because the day of the Lord is near. That is the time when God Almighty will destroy his enemies.
• Jeremiah 30:7It will be a time of terrible trouble, worse than anything that has happened before. It will be a time of great trouble for Jacob's descendants. But I will rescue them from their trouble.’
• Joel 2:31The sun will become dark and the moon will become red. Then the great and frightening day of the Lord will come.
• Zephaniah 1:14The time for the great day of the Lord is coming very soon. It will happen quickly. Strong men will weep when they hear the noise of it.
• Romans 2:5But you refuse to change the way that you live. You are not sorry about the wrong things that you have done. As a result, you cause God to become even angrier with you. So he will punish you even more on the day when he will judge everyone. On that day, he will show how angry he is against people who do bad things. Everyone will know that he judges people in a right way.
• Jude 1:6Also remember that some angels refused to obey God. They took more authority for themselves than God had given them. They left their own proper place with God in heaven. So God has tied them up as prisoners for ever in a completely dark place. He will keep them there until that great day when he will judge everyone.
• Psalms 76:7Yes, everyone is afraid of you, our God! When you are angry, nobody can stand against you.
• Psalms 130:3Lord, if you should write down all our sins, nobody could stand as a righteous person.
• Joel 2:11The Lord shouts aloud as he leads his army. We cannot count his soldiers. Those who obey him are very strong. The day of the Lord is powerful. It makes us afraid. Not many of us will be alive after it has gone.
• Malachi 3:2‘But when he comes, he will be like a hot fire that makes metal pure. He will be like strong soap that makes clothes completely clean. Nobody will be able to stand in front of him when he appears. On that day, nobody will remain the same.

Commentaries on Revelation 6:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17For the great day of his wrath - The decisive and manifest time in which he will execute judgment on the oppressors of his people. Who shall be able to stand? - No might can prevail against the might of God. All these things may literally apply to the final destruction of Jerusalem, and to the revolution which took place in the Roman empire under Constantine the Great. Some apply them to the day of judgment; but they do not seem to have that awful event…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. 15-17every slave and free man hid: When God’s judgment comes, people who are not redeemed will be terrified. They will try to hide in a safe place, but they will not succeed (Isaiah 2:19–21; Ezekiel 38:20; Hosea 10:8; Luke 23:30). The prophets often warned that this great day would bring wrath and judgment (Isaiah 13:6–11; Joel 1:15; Amos 5:18; Zephaniah 1:14–15). The key question about God’s judgment is, who can survive? (Malachi 3:2). God’s children will be…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Literally, "the day, the great (day)," which can only mean the last great day. After the Lord has exhausted all His ordinary judgments, the sword, famine, pestilence, and wild beasts, and still sinners are impenitent, the great day of the Lord itself' shall come. Mt 24:6-29 plainly forms a perfect parallelism to the six seals, not only in the events, but also in the order of their occurrence: Mt 24:3, the first seal; Mt 24:6, the second seal; Mt 24:7…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 6:17

• Anger
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• Escape
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• Judgment
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• Wicked (People)

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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