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Revelation 6:12

And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

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ASV

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

KJV

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;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΚαὶKaiAndG2532 →
εἶδονeidonI sawG1492 →
ὅτεhotewhenG3753 →
ἤνοιξενēnoixenHe openedG455 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
σφραγῖδαsphragidasealG4973 →
τὴνtēn<the>G3588 →
ἕκτην,hektēnsixth,G1623 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
σεισμὸςseismosan earthquakeG4578 →
μέγαςmegasgreatG3173 →
ἐγένετο,egenetothere was,G1096 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
ἥλιοςhēliossunG2246 →
ἐγένετοegenetobecameG1096 →
μέλαςmelasblackG3189 →
ὡςhōsasG5613 →
σάκκοςsakkossackclothG4526 →
τρίχινος,trichinosof hair,G5155 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
σελήνηselēnēmoonG4582 →
ὅληholēwholeG3650 →
ἐγένετοegenetobecameG1096 →
ὡςhōslikeG5613 →
αἷμα,haimablood,G129 →

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Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.Acts 2:19–20I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.Mark 13:24–25But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;Joel 2:30–31I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.Joel 3:15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.Amos 8:9And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.Isaiah 13:9–10Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.Revelation 16:18And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.Ezekiel 32:7–8When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.Revelation 11:13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.Isaiah 50:3I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”Revelation 8:12Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.Isaiah 29:6you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.Acts 2:20The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.Genesis 1:14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.Revelation 8:5Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.Haggai 2:6–7For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

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