Revelation 6:12
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
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;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
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 shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Read in contextJoel 2:10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Read in contextActs 2:19–20
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Read in contextMark 13:24–25
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Read in contextJoel 2:30–31
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
Read in contextJoel 3:15
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Read in contextAmos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
Read in contextIsaiah 13:9–10
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Read in context