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Revelation 6:13

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.

American Standard Version

and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth, as a figge tree casteth her greene figges when it is shaken of a mightie winde.

Darby Translation

and the stars of heaven fell upon the earth, as a fig tree, shaken by a great wind, casts its unseasonable figs.

Young's Literal Translation

and the stars of the heaven fell to the earth — as a fig-tree doth cast her winter figs, by a great wind being shaken —

Bible in Basic English

And the stars of heaven were falling to the earth, like green fruit from a tree before the force of a great wind.

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Cross references

“the stars”

Revelation 9:1 Revelation 8:10–12 Ezekiel 32:7 Daniel 8:10 Luke 21:25

Revelation 9:1 · BSB

Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

Revelation 8:10–12 · BSB

Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Ezekiel 32:7 · BSB

When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

Daniel 8:10 · BSB

It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them.

Luke 21:25 · BSB

There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

“of a”

Isaiah 7:2 Isaiah 33:9 Daniel 4:14 Nahum 3:12

Isaiah 7:2 · BSB

When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

Isaiah 33:9 · BSB

The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

Daniel 4:14 · BSB

He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

Nahum 3:12 · BSB

All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

Also

Isaiah 34:4 Matthew 24:29

Isaiah 34:4 · BSB

All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.

Matthew 24:29 · BSB

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. ’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

Read Revelation 6