^6:13and the stars in the sky⁵¹ fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping⁵² its unripe figs⁵³ when shaken by a fierce⁵⁴ wind. ^6:14The sky⁵⁵ was split apart⁵⁶ like a scroll being rolled up,⁵⁷ and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

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Footnotes

51 Or “in heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”). The genitive τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (tou ouranou) is taken as a genitive of place.
52 Grk “throws [off]”; the indicative verb has been translated as a participle due to English style.
53 L&N 3.37 states, “a fig produced late in the summer season (and often falling off before it ripens)—‘late ’ ὡς συκὴ βάλλει τοὺς ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς ὑπὸ ἀνέμου μεγάλου σειομένη ‘as the fig tree sheds its late figs when shaken by a great wind’ Re 6:13. In the only context in which ὄλυνθος occurs in the NT (Re 6:13), one may employ an expression such as ‘unripe fig’ or ‘fig which ripens late.’ ”
54 Grk “great wind.”
55 Or “The heavens were.” The Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) can mean either “heaven” or “sky.”
56 ἀποχωρίζω states, “ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη the sky was split Rv 6:14.” Although L&N 79.120 gives the meaning “the sky disappeared like a rolled-up scroll” here, a scroll that is rolled up does not “disappear,” and such a translation could be difficult for modern readers to understand.
57 On this term ἑλίσσω states, “ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον like a scroll that is rolled up … Rv 6:14.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind; the sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind. The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and the stars of heaven fell to the earth like a fig tree throws down its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. And the sky was split apart like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their place.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 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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