“And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.”
King James Version (KJV)
6:14 And the heavens departed as a book that is rolled together - When the scripture compares some very great with a little thing, the majesty and omnipotence of God, before whom great things are little, is highly exalted. Every mountain and island - What a mountain is to the land, that an island is to the sea.
Re 6:14 The heaven departed. The old religions, supposed to be of heavenly origin, pass away. Every mountain and island were moved. "Mountain" and "island" are used to denote earthly rulers and kingdoms, the latter referring more especially to European provinces which are often called "the isles of the sea" in the Bible (Es 10:1 Isa 24:15). From the period of Diocletian, the great persecutor, the title "Your Eminence", or, in other words, "mountain", was bestowed upon princes. As a mountain stood above the plain, so the rulers of the earth were exalted.
And the heauen departed as a scrowle when it is rolled together, and euery mountaine and Island were moued out of their places.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.
- Basic English Bible
And the heaven was removed as a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were removed out of their places.
- Darby Bible
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and isle were moved out of their places.
- Webster's Bible
The sky too passed away, as if a scroll were being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
- Weymouth Bible
The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- World English Bible
And heuene wente awei, as a book wlappid in; and alle munteyns and ilis weren mouyd fro her placis.
- Wycliffe Bible
and heaven departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island -- out of their places they were moved;
- Youngs Literal Bible