And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.
WEB
So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
YLT
and he who is sitting upon the cloud did put forth his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was reaped.
DBT
And he that sat on the cloud put his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both