Revelation 6:14

Revelation 6:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.

Context of Revelation 6:14

12I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!

Revelation 6:14 word by word

καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον, καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ νῆσος ἐκ τῶν τόπων αὐτῶν ἐκινήθησαν,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• departedἀποχωρίζωapochōrizō · to separate fromG673
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• a scrollβιβλίονbiblion · scrollG975
• when it is rolled togetherεἱλίσσωheilissō · to roll upG1507
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• mountainὄροςoros · mountainG3735
• islandνῆσοςnēsos · islandG3520
• were movedκινέωkineō · to moveG2795
• outἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• of theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• placesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• placesτόποςtopos · placeG5117

Cross-references for Revelation 6:14

• 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 discarded.
• Isaiah 34:4All the stars in the sky will be dissolved and the heavens rolled up like a scroll; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like shriveled figs from the fig tree.
• Hebrews 1:11They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
• 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 everything done in it will be laid bare.
• Revelation 16:20Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found.
• Isaiah 2:14for all the towering mountains and all the high hills,
• Jeremiah 3:23Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills and mountains is a deception; surely in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.
• Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.
• Jeremiah 51:25“I am against you, you destroying mountain, you who destroy the whole earth,” declares the Lord. “I will stretch out my hand against you, roll you off the cliffs, and make you a burned-out mountain.
• Habakkuk 3:6He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed— but he marches on forever.

Commentaries on Revelation 6:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14And the heaven departed as a scroll - The whole system of pagan and idolatrous worship, with all its spiritual, secular, and superstitious influence, was blasted, shrivelled up, and rendered null and void, as a parchment scroll when exposed to the action of a strong fire. And every mountain - All the props, supports, and dependencies of the empire, whether regal allies, tributary kings, dependent colonies, or mercenary troops, were all moved out of their…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. 1414. departed--Greek, "was separated from" its place; "was made to depart." Not as Alford, "parted asunder"; for, on the contrary, it was rolled together as a scroll which had been open is rolled up and laid aside. There is no "asunder one from another" here in the Greek, as in Ac 15:39, which Alford copies. mountain ... moved out of ... places--(Psa 121:1, Margin; Jr 3:23; 4:24; Na 1:5). This total disruption shall be the precursor of the new earth, just…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 6:14

• Astronomy
• Despondency
• Earthquakes
• Heaven
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

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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