Revelation 6:17
For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 76:7\76:6\At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse.
Isaiah 13:6Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.
Joel 2:11And the Lord is thundering before his forces; for very great is his army; for he is strong who gives effect to his word: for the day of the Lord is great and greatly to be feared, and who has strength against it?
Zephaniah 1:14The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.
Luke 21:36But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.
Jude 1:6And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 6:10-17
The Opening of the Seals. ( a. d. 95.) 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their… Read the whole commentary →