Revelation 6:13

and the stars in the sky ¹  fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping ²  its unripe figs ³  when shaken by a fierce ⁴  wind.

biblegateway Rev 6:13

and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop from a fig-tree when shaken by a strong wind.

biblegateway Rev 6:13

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.

biblegateway Rev 6:13

Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from trees shaken by mighty winds.

biblegateway Rev 6:13

stars falling out of the sky like figs shaken from a tree in a high wind,

SABDAweb Rev 6:13

And the stars of heaven were falling to the earth, like green fruit from a tree before the force of a great wind.

bibleoremus Rev 6:13

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree drops its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.

biblegateway Rev 6:13

And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.

biblegateway Rev 6:13

and the stars in the sky ¹  fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping ²  its unripe figs ³  when shaken by a fierce ⁴  wind.

¹ tn Or “in heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”). The genitive τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (tou ouranou) is taken as a genitive of place.

² tn Grk “throws [off]”; the indicative verb has been translated as a participle due to English style.

³ tn L&N 3.37 states, “a fig produced late in the summer season (and often falling off before it ripens) – ‘late fig.’ ὡς συκὴ βάλλει τοὺς ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς ὑπὸ ἀνέμου μεγάλου σειομένη ‘as the fig tree sheds its late figs when shaken by a great wind’ Re 6:13. In the only context in which ὄλυνθος occurs in the NT (Re 6:13), one may employ an expression such as ‘unripe fig’ or ‘fig which ripens late.’”

⁴ tn Grk “great wind.”