Revelation 14:15

Another angel came out of the temple in heaven. In a loud voice, speaking figuratively about gathering people for God to judge them, he said to the one who was sitting on the cloud, “The time has come to reap the grain on the earth, so with your sickle reap the grain, because the grain on the earth is ripe.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

In Context

14Then I was surprised to see a white cloud, and on the cloud someone was sitting who looked like the one who came from heaven. He was wearing a golden crown on his head. In his hand he held a sharp sickle.

16The one who was sitting on the cloud forcefully gathered together all the people on earth, as [MET] a farmer reaps grain with his sickle.

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Cross References

Isaiah 62:1Because I am very concerned about the people of Jerusalem [DOU], I will do something to help them. I will not stop praying for them until they are rescued/freed from their oppressors, until that becomes as apparent to everyone as the dawn every morning, until people can see it as clearly as [SIM] they see a torch shining brightly at night.

Jeremiah 51:33This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says; “Babylon is like [SIM] wheat on the ground where it is about to be threshed by animals tramping on it. Very soon their enemies will trample on the city of Babylon [MET].”

Zechariah 5:6I asked him, “What is it?” He replied, “It is a big basket for measuring grain. But it represents the sins that everyone in this nation has committed.”

Matthew 13:39The enemy who sowed the weed seeds represents the devil. The time when the reapers will harvest the grain represents the time when the world will end. The reapers represent the angels.

Mark 4:29As soon as the grain was ripe he sent people [MTY] to harvest it because it was time to harvest the grain.”

Revelation 6:10They spoke loudly to God saying, “Sovereign/Almighty Lord, you are holy and faithful. How long will it be before you judge and punish the people on earth who murdered us(exc)?”

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 →

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