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Revelation 14:15

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.

KJV

καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ, κράζων ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τῆς νεφέλης, πέμψον τὸ δρέπανόν σου καὶ θέρισον, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα θερίσαι, ὅτι ἐξηράνθη ὁ θερισμὸς τῆς γῆς.

Greek NT

Et alius angelus exivit de templo, clamans voce magna ad sedentem super nubem : Mitte falcem tuam, et mete, quia venit hora ut metatur, quoniam aruit messis terræ.

Vulgate

And another angel came out from the temple, crying with a great voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle, and reap: for the hour to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

ASV

And another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat upon the cloud: Thrust in thy sickle and reap, because the hour is come to reap. For the harvest of the earth is ripe.

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In the original Greek

24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δρέπανον
drepanon
noun · 8×
θερίζω
therizo
verb · 21×
θερισμός
therismos
noun · 13×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κράζω
krazo
verb · 55×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
ναός
naos
noun · 45×
νεφέλη
nephele
noun · 25×
ξηραίνω
xeraino
verb · 15×
πέμπω
pempo
verb · 79×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
ἄγγελος
aggelos
verb · 176×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Joel 3:13 · allusion
    "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great."
    Joel: put in the sickle for the harvest is ripe — the grain harvest

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 11:35 — And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
  • Hos 6:11 — Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
  • Isa 17:5 — And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
  • Jer 51:33 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
  • Jer 51:33 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
  • Joel 3:13 — Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
  • Joel 3:13 — Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
  • Mark 4:29 — But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
  • Matt 13:30 — Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my
  • Matt 13:39 — The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
  • Matt 13:39 — The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
  • Matt 23:32 — Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
  • Rev 11:19 — And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
  • Rev 14:14 — 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.
  • Rev 14:18 — And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vin
  • Rev 14:18 — And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vin
  • Rev 16:1 — And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
  • Rev 16:17 — And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.