Revelation 14:16

Wycliffe Bible

And he that sat on the cloude, sente his sikil in to the erthe, and rap the erthe.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

King James Version (1611)
And hee that sate on the cloude thrust in his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

King James Version
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

New American Standard Bible
Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

New Century Version
So the One who was sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

English Standard Version
So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Berean Standard Bible
So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

Contemporary English Version
The one on the cloud swung his sickle and harvested the crops.

Complete Jewish Bible
The one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

Darby Translation
And he that sat on the cloud put his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Easy-to-Read Version
So the one who was sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth. And the earth was harvested.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he that sate on the cloude, thrust in his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

George Lamsa Translation
He thrust his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was harvested.

Good News Translation
Then the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth's harvest was reaped.

Lexham English Bible
And the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Literal Translation
And the One sitting on the cloud thrust His sickle onto the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Amplified Bible
So He who was sitting on the cloud cast His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped (judged).

American Standard Version
And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.

Bible in Basic English
And he who was seated on the cloud sent in his blade on the earth; and the grain of the earth was cut.

Hebrew Names Version
He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the eretz, and the eretz was reaped.

International Standard Version
The one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.

Etheridge Translation
And he thrust his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Murdock Translation
And he thrust his sickle over the earth; and the earth was reaped.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he that sate on the cloude thrust in his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

English Revised Version
And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.

World English Bible
He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle, and the earth was reaped.

Weymouth's New Testament
Then He who sat on the cloud flung His sickle on the earth, and the earth had its harvest reaped.

Update Bible Version
And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

New English Translation
So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

New King James Version
So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

New Living Translation
So the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the whole earth was harvested.

New Life Bible
He Who sat on the cloud raised His knife over the earth. And the grain was gathered in.

New Revised Standard
So the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he that was sitting upon the cloud, thrust in, his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that sat on the cloud thrust his sickle into the earth: and the earth was reaped.

Revised Standard Version
So he who sat upon the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he that sate on the clowde thrust in his sykle on the erth and the erth was reped.

Young's Literal Translation
and he who is sitting upon the cloud did put forth his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he that sat on ye cloude thrust in his sykle on the earth, and the earth was reeped.

Mace New Testament (1729)
harvest of the earth is ripe." so he that sat on the cloud, stretch'd out his sickle to the earth; and the earth was reaped.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The cowboy rose up and used the tool, and the earth's harvest was gathered.

Contextual Overview

¹³ And Y herde a vois fro heuene, seiynge to me, Write thou, Blessid ben deed men, that dien in the Lord; fro hennus forth now the spirit seith, that thei reste of her traueilis; for the werkis of hem suen hem. ¹⁴ And Y say, and lo! a white cloude, and aboue the cloude a sittere, lijk the sone of man, hauynge in his heed a goldun coroun, and in his hond a scharp sikil. ¹⁵ And another aungel wente out of the temple, and criede with greet vois to hym that sat on the cloude, Sende thi sikil, and repe, for the our cometh, that it be ropun; for the corn of the erthe is ripe. ¹⁶ And he that sat on the cloude, sente his sikil in to the erthe, and rap the erthe. ¹⁷ And another aungel wente out of the temple, that is in heuene, and he also hadde a scharp sikile. ¹⁸ And another aungel wente out fro the auter, that hadde power on fier and water; and he criede with a greet vois to hym that hadde the scharp sikil, and seide, Sende thi scharp sikil, and kitte awei the clustris of the vynyerd of the erthe, for the grapis of it ben ripe. ¹⁹ And the aungel sente his sikil in to the erthe, and gaderide grapis of the vynyerd of the erthe, and sente into the greet lake of Goddis wraththe. ²⁰ And the lake was troddun without the citee, and the blood wente out of the lake til to the `bridels of horsis, bi furlongis a thousynd and six hundrid.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he: Revelation 14:14, Matthew 16:27, John 5:22, John 5:23

thrust: Revelation 14:19, Revelation 16:1-21

Reciprocal: Isaiah 30:30 - the flame Joel 3:13 - the sickle Titus 1:3 - manifested Revelation 14:18 - and cried Revelation 16:2 - upon the earth

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
and Y schal make thee in to a greet folk, and Y schal blisse thee, and Y schal magnyfie thi name, and thou schalt be blessid;

Genesis 14:11
Sotheli thei token awei al the catel of Sodom and Gomorre, and alle thingis that perteynen to mete, and yeden awei;

Genesis 14:12
also and thei token awey Loth and his catel, the sone of the brother of Abram, which Loth dwellide in Sodom.

Genesis 14:18
And sotheli Melchisedech, kyng of Salem, brouyte forth breed and wyn, for he was the preest of hiyeste God;

Genesis 14:19
and he blesside Abram, and seide, Blessid be Abram of hiy God, that made heuene and erthe of nouyt,

1 Samuel 30:8
and seide, Schal Y pursue, ether nay, `these theues? and schal Y take hem? And the Lord seide to hym, Pursue thou; for with out doute thou schalt take hem, and thou schalt take awey the prey.

Isaiah 41:2
Who reiside the iust man fro the eest, and clepide hym to sue hym silf? He schal yyue folkis in his siyt, and he schal welde kyngis; he schal yyue as dust to his swerd, and as stobil `that is rauyschid of the wynd, to his bowe.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth,.... He put forth, and made use of that power which he had in his hand, in answer to the entreaty of the angel, the time being fully come which was fixed for this great event:

and the earth was reaped; and the harvest of it was got in; reaping and harvest sometimes are used in an ill sense, and design the wrath of God, and his judgments inflicted upon men; see Isaiah 17:5. Hence some think, that both this and the vintage following intend the judgments of God upon antichrist, and that they are contemporary with the pouring out of the fifth and sixth vials upon the beast and his followers; and the rather, since the destruction of Babylon, literally taken, is expressed in such language, Jeremiah 51:33 though these seem to have respect to times after the fall of the Romish Babylon, before declared in Revelation 14:8 and most interpreters refer the harvest to the last judgment at the end of the world; and which sense is greatly countenanced, and to be illustrated by the parable of the tares and wheat, in Matthew 13:30 sometimes these phrases are used in a good sense, and intend the gathering in of souls by the preaching of the Gospel; as there are the appointed weeks of the harvest, so there is a time fixed for the calling and conversion of God's elect; and when this time is come, and especially to any number of them in any particular place, it is an harvest, as in Galilee and Samaria in the times of Christ, Matthew 9:37 the reapers are the ministers of the Gospel; such were the apostles of Christ, John 4:36 and the sickle is the Gospel, by which not only men are cut to the heart, and cut down, and removed from their old bottom, and principles and practices, but are gathered to Christ, and into his churches; and when large numbers are brought in, it is an harvest time, as in the times of Christ and his apostles; see Isaiah 9:1 hence some interpreters think that the harvest here has respect to the Reformation, which followed upon the preaching of Luther, Calvin, and others, when a large harvest of souls were gathered in, in Germany, France, England, and elsewhere; but rather it may be thought to refer to the conversion of the Jews, and the bringing in the fulness of the Gentiles in the latter day, in the spiritual reign of Christ, to which the preceding visions belong, as we have seen; the earth will be reaped indeed, and a great harvest it will be, when a nation shall be born at once, and the vast multitudes of the Gentiles shall be brought in, as in Isaiah 66:8 and the rather this may be judged to be the meaning of it, since the passage from whence these phrases are borrowed respects the bringing again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, Joel 3:1 though it seems best to understand it of the Lord's wheat harvest at the end of the world, when the wheat of the earth shall be reaped, and gathered into Christ's barn, or garner, or into his and his Father's kingdom; this reaping of the earth is the removing of the saints out of it, not by death, but by the resurrection of them from the dead; for when Christ shall come in the clouds of heaven, and sit on the white cloud, or throne, the dead in him will rise first, and the living saints will be changed, and both will be caught up together, to meet the Lord in the air; so that the earth will be reaped, and be clear of them, and there will be none left in it but the wicked of the world; and what will become of them is declared in the following verses, under the representation of a vintage.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he that sat on the cloud - The Saviour, Revelation 14:14.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 14:16. The earth was reaped. — The judgments were executed. But where, or on whom, who can tell?