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Revelation 14:18

16 So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

19 So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.

20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

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BSB
Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”
KJV
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
WEB
Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth’s grapes are fully ripe!”
ASV
And another angel came out from the altar, he that hath power over fire; and he called with a great voice to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
DARBY
And another angel came out of the altar, having power over fire, and called with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send thy sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripened.
BLB
And another angel came forth out from the altar, having authority over the fire, and he called in a loud voice to the one having the sharp sickle, saying, “Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because its grapes have fully ripened.”
ÅB
Og enda en annen engel kom ut fra alteret, og han hadde makt over ilden, og ropte med høy røst til ham som hadde den skarpe sigd: Send ut din skarpe sigd og høst druene av vintreet på jorden! for dets bær er modne.
OTB
Så kom en annen engel, den som har myndighet over ilden, ut fra alteret, og han ropte med høy røst til den som hadde den skarpe sigden, og sa: “Send ut din skarpe sigd og samle klasene fra jordens vinstokk, for hennes druer er modne.”
B1930
Og ennu en annen engel kom ut fra alteret, og han hadde makt over ilden, og ropte med høi røst til ham som hadde den skarpe sigd: Send ut din skarpe sigd og høst druene av vintreet på jorden! for dets bær er modne.

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Cross references

  • Joel 3:13

    Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.

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  • Revelation 16:8

    Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.

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  • Revelation 6:9–10

    And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.

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  • Revelation 14:15–16

    Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest; for the crop of the earth is ripe.”

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