Revelation 14:16
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
Revelation 14:16 in other translations
| BSB | So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. |
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| WEB | He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped. |
| ASV | And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped. |
| YLT | and he who is sitting upon the cloud did put forth his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was reaped. |
| DARBY | And he that sat on the cloud put his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped. |
| BBE | And he who was seated on the cloud sent in his blade on the earth; and the grain of the earth was cut. |
| Webster | And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. |
What does Revelation 14:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Thrust in his sickle on the earth. To cut down the harvest; that is, to gather his people to himself.
And the earth was reaped. So far as the righteous were concerned. The end had come; the church was redeemed; the work contemplated was accomplished; and the results of the work of the Saviour were like a glorious harvest.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Revelation 14:14-20
Warnings and judgments not having produced reformation, the sins of the nations are filled up, and they become ripe for judgments, represented by a harvest, an emblem which is used to signify the gathering of the righteous, when ripe for heaven, by the mercy of God. The harvest time is when the corn is ripe; when the believers are ripe for heaven, then the wheat of the earth shall be gathered into Christ's garner…
Revelation 14:16 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Revelation 14:16
- Matthew 16:27
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
- Revelation 14:19
And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
- Revelation 14:14
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
- Revelation 16:1-21
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. …
- John 5:22-23
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
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Context
- Revelation 14:15
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
- Revelation 14:16
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
- Revelation 14:17
And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
Revelation 14:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el que estaba sentado sobre la nube echó su hoz sobre la tierra, y la tierra fué segada. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et celui qui était assis sur la nuée mit sa faucille sur la terre, et la terre fut moissonnée. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der auf der Wolke saß, legte seine Sichel an die Erde, und die Erde wurde geerntet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et misit qui sedebat super nubem, falcem suam in terram, et demessa est terra. |