Wahyu 6:14

6:14 The sky ¹  was split apart ²  like a scroll being rolled up, ³  and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

Wahyu 6:17

6:17 because the great day of their ⁴  wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” ⁵ 

Wahyu 9:16

9:16 The ⁶  number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; ⁷  I heard their number.

Wahyu 17:13

17:13 These kings ⁸  have a single intent, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.

[6:14]  ¹ tn Or “The heavens were.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) can mean either “heaven” or “sky.”

[6:14]  ² tn BDAG 125 s.v. ἀποχωρίζω states, “ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη the sky was split Rv 6:14.” Although L&N 79.120 gives the meaning “the sky disappeared like a rolled-up scroll” here, a scroll that is rolled up does not “disappear,” and such a translation could be difficult for modern readers to understand.

[6:14]  ³ tn On this term BDAG 317 s.v. ἑλίσσω states, “ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον like a scroll that is rolled up…Rv 6:14.”

[6:17]  ⁴ tc Most mss (A Ï bo) change the pronoun “their” to “his” (αὐτοῦ, autou) in order to bring the text in line with the mention of the one seated on the throne in the immediately preceding verse, and to remove the ambiguity about whose wrath is in view here. The reading αὐτῶν (autwn, “their”) is well supported by א C 1611 1854 2053 2329 2344 pc latt sy. On both internal and external grounds, it should be regarded as original.

[6:17]  ⁵ tn The translation “to withstand (it)” for ἵστημι (Jisthmi) is based on the imagery of holding one’s ground in a military campaign or an attack (BDAG 482 s.v. B.4).

[9:16]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:16]  ⁷ tn Grk “twenty thousand of ten thousands.”

[17:13]  ⁸ tn The word “kings” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to clarify the referent.