Revelation 6:14
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.
Webster's Revision
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and isle were moved out of their places.
World English Bible
The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Clarke's Revelation 6:14 Bible Commentary
And the heaven departed as a scroll - The whole system of pagan and idolatrous worship, with all its spiritual, secular, and superstitious influence, was blasted, shrivelled up, and rendered null and void, as a parchment scroll when exposed to the action of a strong fire.
And every mountain - All the props, supports, and dependencies of the empire, whether regal allies, tributary kings, dependent colonies, or mercenary troops, were all moved out of their places, so as to stand no longer in the same relation to that empire, and its worship, support, and maintenance, as they formerly did.
And island - The heathen temples, with their precincts and enclosures, cut off from the common people, and into which none could come but the privileged, may be here represented by islands, for the same reasons.
Wesley's Revelation 6:14 Bible Commentary
6:14 And the heavens departed as a book that is rolled together - When the scripture compares some very great with a little thing, the majesty and omnipotence of God, before whom great things are little, is highly exalted. Every mountain and island - What a mountain is to the land, that an island is to the sea.
