King James Version

Revelation 6:14

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (ὁ) before heaven here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανὸςouranosheavenοὐρανόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the subject formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.the heavenἀπεχωρίσθηapechōristhēdepartedἀποχωρίζομαι (apochōrizomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “departed”, a single actionG673I separate from; mid: I part; pass: I am swept aside.departedὡςhōsasὡςconjunction — “as”G5613as, like as, about, as it were, according as, how, when, while, as soon as, so that.asβιβλίονbibliona scrollβιβλίονnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “a scroll”, the subject formG975a papyrus roll.a scrollἑλισσόμενονhelissomenonto roll upἑλίσσω (helissō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, singular, neuter — “to roll up”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1667I roll, roll up, fold up.This verse uses “roll”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπᾶνpaneveryπᾶς (pas)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “every”, the subject formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.everyὄροςorosmountainὄροςnoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “mountain”, the subject formG3735a mountain, hill.mountainκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andνῆσοςnēsosislandνῆσοςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “island”, the subject formG3520an island.islandἐκekout ofἐκpreposition — “out of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.out ofτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.τόπωνtopōnplacesτόπος (topos)noun, genitive, plural, masculine — “places”, the of-formG5117a place, region, seat; an opportunity.placesαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, neuter — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐκινήθησανekinēthēsanto moveκινέω (kineō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “to move”, a single actionG2795I set in motion, move, remove, excite, stir up.This verse uses “move”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and heaven departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island — out of their places they were moved;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

Young’s Literal Translation

and heaven departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island — out of their places they were moved;

World English Bible

The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

Darby Translation

And the heaven was removed as a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were removed out of their places.

Douay-Rheims

And the heaven departed as a book folded up: and every mountain, and the islands were moved out of their places.

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