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Revelation 6:14

12 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.

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

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BSB
The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
KJV
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
WEB
The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island was moved out of its place.
ASV
And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
DARBY
And the heaven was removed as a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were removed out of their places.
BLB
And heaven departed as a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
ÅB
Og himmelen vek bort, slik som en bokrull som rulles sammen, og hvert fjell og hver øy ble flyttet fra sitt sted.
OTB
Himmelen forsvant som en bokrull som rulles sammen, og hvert fjell og hver øy ble flyttet fra sitt sted.
B1930
Og himmelen vek bort, likesom en bokrull som rulles sammen, og hvert fjell og hver ø blev flyttet fra sitt sted.

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  • Isaiah 34:4

    And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

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  • Revelation 16:20

    And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

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  • 2 Peter 3:10

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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  • Hebrews 1:11–13

    They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

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  • Psalms 102:26

    They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

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  • Nahum 1:5

    The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

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  • Jeremiah 4:23–26

    I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

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  • Isaiah 54:10

    For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

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