Revelation 6:14 “The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and…”

Revelation 6:14

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And heauen departed away, as a scroule, when it is rolled, and euery mountaine and yle were mooued out of their places.

Darby Translation

And the heaven was removed as a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were removed out of their places.

Young's Literal Translation

and heaven departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island — out of their places they were moved;

Bible in Basic English

And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.

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Cross references

“the heaven”

Isaiah 34:4 2 Peter 3:10 Hebrews 1:11–13 Psalm 102:26

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.

2 Peter 3:10 · BSB

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Hebrews 1:11–13 · BSB

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.

Psalm 102:26 · BSB

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

“and every”

Revelation 16:20 Jeremiah 4:23–26 Isaiah 2:14–17 Jeremiah 51:25 Habakkuk 3:6 Jeremiah 3:23

Revelation 16:20 · BSB

Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.

Jeremiah 4:23–26 · BSB

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

Isaiah 2:14–17 · BSB

against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,

Jeremiah 51:25 · BSB

“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.

Habakkuk 3:6 · BSB

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

Jeremiah 3:23 · BSB

Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.

Also

Isaiah 54:10 Revelation 20:11 Nahum 1:5 Revelation 21:1 Ezekiel 38:20

Isaiah 54:10 · BSB

Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Revelation 20:11 · BSB

Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

Nahum 1:5 · BSB

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Revelation 21:1 · BSB

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

Ezekiel 38:20 · BSB

The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the…

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

In context

13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

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