Revelation 16:20
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And every island went in flight, and the mountains were seen no longer.
Webster's Revision
And every isle fled away, and the mountains were not found.
World English Bible
Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Clarke's Revelation 16:20 Bible Commentary
Every island fled away - Probably meaning the capture of seaport towns, and fortified places.
Barnes's Revelation 16:20 Bible Commentary
And every island fled away - Expressive of great and terrible judgments, as if the very earth were convulsed, and everything were moved out of its place. See the notes on Revelation 6:14.
And the mountains were not found - The same image occurs in Revelation 6:14. See the notes on that place.
Wesley's Revelation 16:20 Bible Commentary
16:20 Every island and mountain was "moved out of its place," Revelation 6:14 ;but here they all flee away. What a change must this make in the face of the terraqueous globe! And yet the end of the world is not come.
