Revelation 6:13

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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.

Literal

…and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs being shaken by a great wind.

Latin

…et stellæ de cælo ceciderunt super terram, sicut ficus emittit grossos suos cum a vento magno movetur:

Original

Greek

English

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

Notes

Revelation 6:12–14

These violent and world-shaking signs are linked in Scripture to the day of the Lord. On this day, God’s judgment will disrupt the entire created order (see Isaiah 13:4–12; 34:1–4; Joel 2:1–32; Zephaniah 2:1–3; Mark 13:1–37).

Revelation 6:12–17

The opening of the sixth seal provides a preview of the end of the world.

Revelation 6:1–16:21

Three sets of seven judgments (the seals, trumpets, and bowls) are central to Revelation. Some believe these judgments happen in a sequence, one after another, totaling twenty-one judgments.

However, it is more likely that the relationship is cyclical, similar to other Jewish apocalyptic writings (compare Daniel 2, 7, 8, 11). Each set of judgments becomes more intense and adds new details about God's judgment on those who rebel against him. In this view, all three cycles end at the same time, with the return of Christ.

Revelation 6:1–8:1

The Lamb breaks the seven seals to reveal the significance of history from God’s point of view.

Theme notes and profiles

The Purpose of the Judgments Visions

Related verses

Isaiah 34:4
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
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.’
Revelation 9:1
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
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
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
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
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.
Isaiah 7:2
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.
Daniel 4:14
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.
Isaiah 33:9
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
Nahum 3:12
All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

Glossary

Book of Revelation Day of the Lord Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature

Topics

Astronomy: Sidereal Phenomena Earthquakes: Symbolical Earthquakes: The Overthrow of Kingdoms Eclipse of the Sun and Moon Fig Tree: Figurative Fig Trees Heaven: Physical Heavens, Destruction of Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: Symbolical used in the Revelation of John Stars: Falling of The Fig-Tree: Fruit of (Untimely and Dropping) the Wicked Ripe for Judgment The Wind: Movement of the Leaves of Trees By, Noticed The Wind: when Violent Called: Mighty Wind

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