REV 6:17 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST For today is the terrible day on which God and the Lamb will punish people who have done wrong, and we know that none of us are innocent!”

AICNT for the great day of {their}[fn] wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

6:17, their: ℵ(01) C(03) NA28 SBLGNT THGNT ‖ Some manuscripts read “his.” A(02) BYZ TR

OEB for the great day of their wrath is come, and who can stand to meet it?”

WEBBE for the great day of his wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

LSV because the great day of His anger has come, and who is able to stand?

FBV For the terrible day of their judgment has come, and who can stand against it?”

TCNT for the great day of [fn]his wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

6:17 his 𝔐^A,C,K 90.9% ¦ their NA SBL TH WH 7.1%

T4T This is the terrible day on which they will punish [MTY] us (exc), and when that happens, no one will be able to survive! [RHQ]”

LEB because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

BBE For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?

Moff for the great Day of their wrath has come, and who can stand it?"

Wymth for the day of His anger—that great day—has come, and who is able to stand?"
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ASV for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?

DRA For the great day of their wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?

YLT because come did the great day of His anger, and who is able to stand?

Drby because the great day of his wrath is come, and who is able to stand?

RV for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?

SLT For the great day of his wrath has come; and who can stand?

Wbstr For the great day of his wrath is come; and who will be able to stand?

KJB-1769 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

KJB-1611 For the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For the great day of his wrath is come: and who is able to endure?

Gnva For the great day of his wrath is come, and who can stand?

Cvdl for the grete daye of his wrath is come. And who can endure it?
(for the great day of his wrath is come. And who can endure it?)

TNT for the grete daye of hys wrath ys come And who can endure it.
(for the great day of his wrath is come And who can endure it. )

Wycl for the greet dai of her wraththe cometh, and who schal mowe stonde?
(for the great day of her wrath cometh/comes, and who shall more stand?)

Luth denn es ist kommen der große Tag seines Zorns, und wer kann bestehen?
(because/than it is coming the/of_the large day his angers, and who can consist?)

ClVg quoniam venit dies magnus iræ ipsorum: et quis poterit stare?
(since/because he_came days big anger their_own: and who/any will_be_able to_stand? )

UGNT ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτῶν, καὶ τίς δύναται σταθῆναι?
(hoti aʸlthen haʸ haʸmera haʸ megalaʸ taʸs orgaʸs autōn, kai tis dunatai stathaʸnai?)

SBL-GNT ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς ⸀αὐτῶν, καὶ τίς δύναται σταθῆναι;
(hoti aʸlthen haʸ haʸmera haʸ megalaʸ taʸs orgaʸs ⸀autōn, kai tis dunatai stathaʸnai;)

RP-GNT ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τίς δύναται σταθῆναι;
(hoti aʸlthen haʸ haʸmera haʸ megalaʸ taʸs orgaʸs autou, kai tis dunatai stathaʸnai;)

TC-GNT ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς [fn]αὐτοῦ, καὶ τίς δύναται σταθῆναι;
(hoti aʸlthen haʸ haʸmera haʸ megalaʸ taʸs orgaʸs autou, kai tis dunatai stathaʸnai; )

6:17 αυτου 𝔐^A,C,K 90.9% ¦ αυτων NA SBL TH WH 7.1%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 6:1–17: The Lamb opened the first six seals

In this section, Jesus, the Lamb, opened six of the seven seals on the scroll. The opening of each of the first four seals revealed a rider and a horse who would cause a different kind of trouble for people on the earth. The opening of the fifth seal revealed all the people who had been killed because of their faith. The opening of the sixth seal caused the whole universe to be shaken and moved.

Other examples of headings for this section are:

The Lamb opened six of the seven seals

The Seals (NIV)

The first six seals are opened

6:17a

For the great day of Their wrath has come,

Because the extraordinary day of their^(dual) anger has come,
For today/this is the great and terrible day when they punish us^(excl) because they are angry with/against us.

For: This conjunction introduces the reason for what they said in 6:16b–c. For example:

because (GW)

the great day of Their wrath has come: The phrase has come indicates that the day on which the people spoke these words was the great day of Their wrath.

In some languages it is necessary or more natural to translate has come in a different way. For example:

the great day of their wrath is today

It has become the great day of their wrath

the great day: Here the word great indicates that the day is important or extraordinary. This day is a special day when God and Jesus will punish the unbelievers on the earth. To those people, this day will be extremely terrifying. So you should not use a word that implies they are happy about this day. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

the terrible day (GNT)

the extraordinary day

the unique day

day of Their wrath: This phrase refers to the day when God and the Lamb will be very angry. They will express their anger by punishing people. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

day when God and the Lamb show their anger

day when God and the Lamb are angry and punishing us(excl)

6:17b

and who is able to withstand it?”

and who is able to endure it?” (GW)
Not a single person can survive!”

who is able to withstand it?: This is a rhetorical question. It emphasizes the fact that no one can stand. Some ways to translate this are:

Use a rhetorical question. For example:
who can stand against it? (JBP)
who is able to survive? (NLT)
Use a statement. For example:
No one can stand against it!
Indeed, no one will survive!

withstand: Here this word refers to enduring or surviving. See the above examples.

General Comment on 6:16–17

The people spoke to the mountains and rocks. In some languages a literal translation is not natural. If that is true in your language, you may need to translate 6:16 as a wish or desire. For example:

^16aThey wanted the mountains and rocks ^16bto fall on them and hide them from the face of him who sits on the throne ^16cand from the wrath of the Lamb. ^17aThey shouted, “The great day of their wrath has come, ^17band who can stand?”

^16aThey wished/desired that the mountains and rocks ^16bwould fall on them. They wished/desired the mountains and rocks to hide them so that God on the throne could not see them ^16cand the Lamb would not punish them in his anger. ^17aThey exclaimed, “The great day of their wrath has come. ^17bNobody will be able to endure it!”

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτῶν

the day ¬the great ˱of˲_the wrath ˱of˲_them

While this was happening on a certain day, the people may be using the word day to mean a specific time, the time when God had chosen to judge the world. Alternate translation: [the momentous time when they will punish sin]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

τίς δύναται σταθῆναι?

who ˓is˒_able ˓to_be˒_stood

The people are using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [no one is able to stand!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy