Revelation 14:16

14:16 So ¹  the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Revelation 14:19

14:19 So ²  the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard ³  of the earth and tossed them into the great ⁴  winepress of the wrath of God.

---

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s directions.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s directions.

³ tn Or “vine.” BDAG 54 s.v. ἄμπελος a states, “τρυγᾶν τοὺς βότρυας τῆς ἀ. τῆς γῆς to harvest the grapes fr. the vine of the earth (i.e. fr. the earth, symbol. repr. as a grapevine) Rv 14:18f; but ἀ may be taking on the meaning of ἀμπελών, as oft. in pap., possibly PHib. 70b, 2 [III bc].” The latter alternative has been followed in the translation (ἀμπελών = “vineyard”).

⁴ tn Although the gender of μέγαν (megan, masc.) does not match the gender of ληνόν (lhnon, fem.) it has been taken to modify that word (as do most English translations).