Revelation 6:12
10 And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
11 Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.
And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
14 The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
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
- And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
- KJV
- And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
- WEB
- I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.
- ASV
- And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;
- DARBY
- And I saw when it opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as hair sackcloth, and the whole moon became as blood,
- BLB
- And I saw when He opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood,
- ÅB
- Og jeg så da det åpnet det sjette segl, og se, det ble et stort jordskjelv, og solen ble sort som en hårsekk, og hele månen ble som blod,
- OTB
- Jeg så da han åpnet det sjette seglet. Det var et stort jordskjelv; solen ble svart som sekkelerret laget av hår, og hele månen ble blodrød,
- B1930
- Og jeg så da det åpnet det sjette segl, og se, det blev et stort jordskjelv, og solen blev sort som en hårsekk, og hele månen blev som blod,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
Read in contextJoel 2:10
Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
Read in contextActs 2:19–20
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
Read in contextMark 13:24–25
But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
Read in contextJoel 2:30–31
I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
Read in contextJoel 3:15
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
Read in contextAmos 8:9
And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:9–10
Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
Read in context