^14:18Another⁵³ angel, who was in charge of⁵⁴ the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel⁵⁵ who had the sharp sickle, “Use⁵⁶ your sharp sickle and gather⁵⁷ the clusters of grapes⁵⁸ off the vine of the earth,⁵⁹ because its grapes⁶⁰ are now ripe.”⁶¹

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Footnotes

53 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
54 Grk “who had authority over.” This appears to be the angel who tended the fire on the altar.
55 Grk “to the one having the sharp sickle”; the referent (the angel in v. 17) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
56 Grk “Send.”
57 On this term τρυγάω states: “ ‘gather in’ ripe fruit, esp. harvest (grapes) w. of the fruit (POslo. 21, 13 [71 ad]; Jos., 4, 227) Lk 6:44; Rv 14:18 (in imagery, as in the foll. places) … W. of that which bears the fruit gather the fruit of the vine … or the vineyard (s. ἄμπελος a) Rv 14:19.”
58 On this term βότρυς states, “bunch of grapes Rv 14:18 … The word is also found in the Phrygian Papias of Hierapolis, in a passage in which he speaks of the enormous size of the grapes in the new aeon (in the Lat. transl. in Irenaeus 5, 33, 2f.): dena millia botruum Papias (1:2). On this see Stephan. Byz. Εὐκαρπία: Metrophanes says that in the district of Εὐκαρπία in Phrygia Minor the grapes were said to be so large that one bunch of them caused a wagon to break down in the middle.”
59 The genitive τῆς γῆς (tēs gēs), taken symbolically, could be considered a genitive of apposition.
60 Or perhaps, “its bunches of grapes” (a different Greek word from the previous clause). L&N 3.38 states, “the fruit of grapevines (see 3.27)—‘grape, bunch of grapes.’ τρύγησον τοὺς βότρυας τῆς ἀμπέλου τῆς γῆς, ὄτι ἤκμασαν αἱ σταφυλαὶ αὐτῆς ‘cut the grapes from the vineyard of the earth because its grapes are ripe’ Re 14:18. Some scholars have contended that βότρυς means primarily a bunch of grapes, while σταφυλή designates individual grapes. In Re 14:18 this difference might seem plausible, but there is scarcely any evidence for such a distinction, since both words may signify grapes as well as bunches of grapes.”
61 On the use of ἤκμασαν (ēkmasan) ἀκμάζω states, “to bloom … of grapes … Rv 14:18.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet another angel, who had authority over fire, came from the altar, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vineyard of the earth, because its grapes have ripened.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then another angel, who had power to destroy with fire, came from the altar. He shouted to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sickle now to gather the clusters of grapes from the vines of the earth, for they are ripe for judgment.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And another angel who had authority over the fire went out from the altar, and he called out with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send out your sharp sickle and harvest the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are at their prime!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

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