Revelation 14:16
And he who sits on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth, and the earth was reaped.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
In Context
17And another agent came out from the temple in heaven, also himself having a sharp sickle.
Cross References
Matthew 16:27For the Son of man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his heavenly agents, and then he will reward each man according to his actions.
Revelation 14:14And I looked, and behold, a white cloud. And sitting upon the cloud, like a son of man, having a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
Revelation 16:1And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven agents, Go ye and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 14:14-20
The Harvest and the Vintage. ( a. d. 95.) 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. 14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud,… Read the whole commentary →