Revelation 6:12

Then ¹  I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge ²  earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, ³  and the full moon became blood red; ⁴ 

1Ki 19:11-13; Isa 13:9,10; Isa 24:23; Isa 29:6; Isa 60:19,20; Eze 32:7,8; Joe 2:10,30,31; Joe 3:15; Am 1:1; Am 8:9; Hag 2:6,7,21,22; Zec 14:5; Mt 24:7; Mt 24:29; Mt 27:45; Mt 27:54; Mt 28:2; Mr 13:24,25; Mr 15:33; Lu 23:44,45; Ac 2:19,20; Re 8:5; Re 11:13; Re 16:18

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

² tn Or “powerful”; Grk “a great.”

³ tn Or “like hairy sackcloth” (L&N 8.13).

⁴ tn Grk “like blood,” understanding αἷμα (aima) as a blood-red color rather than actual blood (L&N 8.64).