Verse 12

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og jeg så da han hadde åpnet det sjette seglet, og, se, det ble et stort jordskjelv; og solen ble svart som en sekk av hår, og månen ble som blod;

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og jeg så, da han åpnet det sjette seglet; og, se, et stort jordskjelv kom; solen ble mørk som en sekk av hestehår, og månen ble som blod.

• Norsk King James

  Og jeg så når han hadde åpnet det sjette seglet, og se, det kom et stort jordskjelv; og solen ble svart som sekkestoff, og månen ble som blod;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg så at det åpnet det sjette segl, og se, det ble et stort jordskjelv, og solen ble svart som en sekk av hår, og månen ble som blod.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og jeg så da han åpnet det sjette segl, og se, det ble en stor jordskjelv; og solen ble svart som en sekk av hår, og månen ble som blod;

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Jeg så da han åpnet det sjette seglet, og se, det ble en stor jordskjelv, og solen ble svart som en svart sekk, og månen ble som blod.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og jeg så da han åpnet det sjette seglet, og se, det ble et stort jordskjelv, og solen ble svart som en sekk av hår, og månen ble som blod.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og jeg så da han åpnet det sjette seglet, og se, et stort jordskjelv inntreffe; og solen ble sort som sekkduk av håret, og månen ble som blod.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Og jeg så da han åpnet det sjette seglet, og se, da ble det et kraftig jordskjelv, og solen ble svart som en hårsekk, og månen ble som blod.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og jeg så da han åpnet det sjette seglet, og se, da ble det et kraftig jordskjelv, og solen ble svart som en hårsekk, og månen ble som blod.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og jeg så da Lammet åpnet det sjette seglet, og se, et stort jordskjelv skjedde; solen ble svart som sekkestrie, og månen ble som blod.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon turned red like blood.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Revelation.6.12", "source": "Καὶ εἶδον ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἕκτην, καὶ, ἰδού, σεισμὸς μέγας ἐγένετο· καὶ ὁ ἥλιος ἐγένετο μέλας ὡς σάκκος τρίχινος, καὶ ἡ σελήνη ἐγένετο ὡς αἷμα·", "text": "And *eidon* when *ēnoixen* the *sphragida* the sixth, and, *idou*, *seismos* *megas* *egeneto*; and the *hēlios* *egeneto* *melas* as *sakkos* *trichinos*, and the *selēnē* *egeneto* as *haima*;", "grammar": { "*eidon*": "aorist, 1st person singular - saw [point in time]", "*ēnoixen*": "aorist, 3rd person singular - opened [point in time]", "*sphragida*": "accusative, feminine, singular - seal", "*idou*": "aorist imperative - behold/look", "*seismos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - earthquake", "*megas*": "nominative, masculine, singular - great/large", "*egeneto*": "aorist middle, 3rd person singular - became/happened", "*hēlios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - sun", "*melas*": "nominative, masculine, singular - black", "*sakkos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - sackcloth", "*trichinos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - made of hair", "*selēnē*": "nominative, feminine, singular - moon", "*haima*": "nominative, neuter, singular - blood" }, "variants": { "*sphragida*": "seal/signet", "*idou*": "behold/look/see", "*seismos*": "earthquake/shaking", "*megas*": "great/large/mighty", "*egeneto*": "became/happened/came to be", "*hēlios*": "sun/sunlight", "*melas*": "black/dark", "*sakkos*": "sackcloth/coarse cloth", "*trichinos*": "made of hair/hairy", "*selēnē*": "moon/moonlight", "*haima*": "blood/bloodshed" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Og jeg så når han åpnet det sjette seglet, og se, det ble et stort jordskjelv; og solen ble sort som en sikev og månen ble som blod.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg saae, at det oplod det sjette Segl, og see, der skede et stort Jordskjælv, og Solen blev sort som en Haarsæk, og Maanen blev som Blod.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, the was a gat earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og jeg så da han åpnet det sjette seglet, og se, det ble et stort jordskjelv, og solen ble svart som en sekk av hår, og månen ble som blod.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg så da han åpnet det sjette seglet, og det ble et stort jordskjelv. Solen ble svart som en sekk av hår, og hele månen ble som blod.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og jeg så da han åpnet det sjette seglet, og se, det ble et stort jordskjelv, og solen ble svart som en sekk av hår, og månen ble som blod.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og jeg så da han åpnet det sjette seglet, og det var et stort jordskjelv; og solen ble svart som en sekk av hår, og hele månen ble som blod.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og da det sjette seglet ble åpnet, var det et stort jordskjelv; og solen ble svart som sekkestrie, og hele månen ble som blod.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And I behelde when he opened the sixte seale and loo there was a grett erth quake and the sunne was as blacke as sacke clothe made of heare. And the mone wexed even as bloud:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And I behelde when he opened the sixte seale, and loo, there was a grett earthquake, and ye sonne was as blacke as sacke cloth made of heare. And the mone wexed eue as bloude:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I behelde when hee had opened the sixt seale, and loe, there was a great earthquake, and the sunne was as blacke as sackecloth of heare, & the moone was like blood.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And I behelde when he had opened the sixt seale, and loe there was a great earthquake, & the sunne was as blacke as sackcloth made of heere, & the moone waxed all euen as blood:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and lo, a great earthquake came, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I saw when the sixth stamp was undone, and there was a great earth-shock; and the sun became black as haircloth, and all the moon became as blood;

• World English Bible (2000)

  I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;

Referenced Verses

• Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
• Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
• Acts 2:19-20 : 19 I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and vapor of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes:
• Mark 13:24-25 : 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
• Joel 2:30-31 : 30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
• Joel 3:15 : 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
• Rev 11:13 : 13 In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.
• Rev 16:18 : 18 And there were voices and thunders and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as has not occurred since men were on the earth.
• Rev 8:5 : 5 And the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and cast it to the earth; and there were voices, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.
• Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 And when I extinguish you, I will cover the sky, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD.
• Isa 13:9-9 : 9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he will destroy the sinners out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light: the sun will be darkened in its rising, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
• Isa 50:3 : 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
• Amos 8:9 : 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight:
• Hag 2:6-7 : 6 For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land; 7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.
• Hag 2:21-22 : 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them; the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
• Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders gloriously.
• Isa 29:6 : 6 You shall be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
• Matt 24:7 : 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
• 1 Kgs 19:11-13 : 11 And he said, Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD. And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire a still small voice. 13 And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him, and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?
• Mark 15:33 : 33 And when the sixth hour came, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
• Luke 23:44-45 : 44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 45 Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.
• Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor shall the moon give light to you by night; but the LORD shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. 20 Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
• Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
• Zech 14:5 : 5 And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yes, you shall flee, as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with you.
• Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
• Matt 27:54 : 54 Now when the centurion, and those who were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
• Matt 28:2 : 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it.