King James Version
Revelation 6:17 in the King James Version says “For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” — study this verse from Revelation chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”
Revelation 6:17 · KJV
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is come”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“day”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
“wrath”
G3709properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e., (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implicati
“of his”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“to stand”
G2476to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)
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