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Revelation 6:12,17 - Compare All Versions

Revelation 6:12 NIV (New International Version)

I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red

Revelation 6:17 NIV (New International Version)

For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

Revelation 6:12 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood

Revelation 6:17 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?”

Revelation 6:12 NLT (New Living Translation)

I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood.

Revelation 6:17 NLT (New Living Translation)

For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”

Revelation 6:12 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Then I saw him open  the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred;  the sun turned black like sackcloth  made of hair; the entire moon  became like blood

Revelation 6:17 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

because the great day of their  wrath has come! And who is able to stand? ”

Revelation 6:12 KJV (King James Version)

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood

Revelation 6:17 KJV (King James Version)

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Revelation 6:12 NKJV (New King James Version)

I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.

Revelation 6:17 NKJV (New King James Version)

For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

Revelation 6:12-17 MSG (The Message)

I watched while he ripped off the sixth seal: a bone-jarring earthquake, sun turned black as ink, moon all bloody, stars falling out of the sky like figs shaken from a tree in a high wind, sky snapped shut like a book, islands and mountains sliding this way and that. And then pandemonium, everyone and his dog running for cover—kings, princes, generals, rich and strong, along with every commoner, slave or free. They hid in mountain caves and rocky dens, calling out to mountains and rocks, “Refuge! Hide us from the One Seated on the Throne and the wrath of the Lamb! The great Day of their wrath has come—who can stand it?”

Revelation 6:12-17 MSG (The Message)

I watched while he ripped off the sixth seal: a bone-jarring earthquake, sun turned black as ink, moon all bloody, stars falling out of the sky like figs shaken from a tree in a high wind, sky snapped shut like a book, islands and mountains sliding this way and that. And then pandemonium, everyone and his dog running for cover—kings, princes, generals, rich and strong, along with every commoner, slave or free. They hid in mountain caves and rocky dens, calling out to mountains and rocks, “Refuge! Hide us from the One Seated on the Throne and the wrath of the Lamb! The great Day of their wrath has come—who can stand it?”

Revelation 6:12 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood

Revelation 6:17 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

for the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

Revelation 6:12 AMP (Amplified Bible)

I looked when He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth [made] of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; [Joel 2:10, 31]

Revelation 6:17 AMP (Amplified Bible)

for the great day of their wrath and vengeance and retribution has come, and who is able to [face God and] stand [before the wrath of the Lamb]?” [Joel 2:11; Mal 3:2; Jude 14; Rev 19:11-16]

Revelation 6:12 NET (New English Translation)

Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red

Revelation 6:17 NET (New English Translation)

because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”