Revelation 6:17

17 For the great day of their^[a] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

Revelation 6:17 in Other Translations

17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

17 for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?"

17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”

17 The great Day of their wrath has come - who can stand it?"

17 because the great day of Their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?"

Revelation 6:17 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 6:17

For the great day of his wrath is come
The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "of their wrath"; both of him that sits upon the throne, and of the Lamb, against the Heathen gods and Heathen persecutors, in answer to the cry of the martyrs in ( Revelation 6:9 Revelation 6:10 ) .

And who shall be able to stand?
against either of them, or in their presence, and so as to bear their wrath and displeasure; all which expresses guilt, shame, fear, and despair.

Revelation 6:17 In-Context

15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!

17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”

Cross References

• 1. Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1,2,11,31; Zephaniah 1:14,15; Revelation 16:14
• 2. Psalms 76:7; Nahum 1:6; Malachi 3:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts "his"