Revelation 6:15

And the kings of the earth, and the great, and the chiliarchs, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

In Context

14And the heaven was removed as a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were removed out of their places.

16and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and have us hidden from [the] face of him that sits upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;

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Cross References

Joshua 10:16And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

1 Samuel 13:6And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits.

Psalms 2:10And now, O kings, be ye wise, be admonished, ye judges of the earth.

Psalms 76:12He cutteth off the spirit of princes; [he] is terrible to the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 2:10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.

Isaiah 2:21to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the fissures of the cliffs, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he shall arise to terrify the earth.

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 →

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