Revelation 6:13
ContextNETBible | 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. |
XREF | Isa 7:2; Isa 33:9; Eze 32:7; Da 4:14; Da 8:10; Na 3:12; Lu 21:25; Re 8:10-12; Re 9:1 |
NET © Notes |
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.” |