Revelation 14:19

17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

18 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.

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
WEB
The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God.
ASV
And the angel cast his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and cast it into the winepress, the great [winepress], of the wrath of God.
DARBY
And the angel put his sickle to the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [the bunches] into the great wine-press of the fury of God;
BLB
And the angel cast his sickle to the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [them] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
ÅB
Og engelen lot sin sigd gå over jorden og avhøstet vintreet på jorden og kastet frukten i Guds vredes store vinperse.
OTB
Så svingte engelen sin sigd over jorden og samlet klasene fra jordens vinstokk, og kastet dem i Guds vredes store vinpresse.
B1930
Og engelen lot sin sigd gå over jorden og avhøstet vintreet på jorden og kastet frukten i Guds vredes store vinperse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 32:32–33

    For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

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  • Revelation 19:15–21

    And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

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