He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
- BSB So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
- NKJV So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
- NASB Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
- NLT So the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the whole earth was harvested.
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Cross-references · 5
- Matt 16:27For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
- Rev 14:19The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God.
- Rev 14:14I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
- Rev 16:1–21I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!”
- John 5:22–23For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
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