Revelation 14:20
New International Version
They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

New Living Translation
The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress in a stream about 180 miles long and as high as a horse’s bridle.

English Standard Version
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse’s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.

Berean Standard Bible
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

Berean Literal Bible
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed out of the winepress, as high as the bridles of the horses, to the distance of one thousand six hundred stadia.

King James Bible
And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

New King James Version
And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.

New American Standard Bible
And the wine press was trampled outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

NASB 1995
And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles.

NASB 1977
And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

Amplified Bible
And the grapes in the wine press were trampled and crushed outside the city, and blood poured from the wine press, reaching up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of sixteen hundred stadia.

Christian Standard Bible
Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses’ bridles for about 180 miles.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press up to the horses’ bridles for about 180 miles.

American Standard Version
And the winepress was trodden without the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even unto the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Contemporary English Version
The pit was outside the city, and when the grapes were mashed, blood flowed out. The blood turned into a river that was about 300 kilometers long and almost deep enough to cover a horse.

English Revised Version
And the winepress was trodden without the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even unto the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city. Blood flowed out of the winepress as high as a horse's bridle for 1,600 stadia.

Good News Translation
The grapes were squeezed out in the wine press outside the city, and blood came out of the wine press in a flood two hundred miles long and about five feet deep.

International Standard Version
The wine press was trampled outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine press as high as a horse's bridle for about 1,600 stadia.

Majority Standard Bible
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

NET Bible
Then the winepress was stomped outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress up to the height of horses' bridles for a distance of almost two hundred miles.

New Heart English Bible
The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one hundred eighty four miles.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the wine-press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the wine-press, even to the horses' bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Weymouth New Testament
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and out of it came blood reaching the horses' bridles for a distance of 200 miles.

World English Bible
The wine press was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out of the wine press, up to the bridles of the horses, as far as one thousand six hundred stadia.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came forth out of the winepress—to the bridles of the horses, one thousand six hundred stadia.

Berean Literal Bible
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed out of the winepress, as high as the bridles of the horses, to the distance of one thousand six hundred stadia.

Young's Literal Translation
and trodden was the wine-press outside of the city, and blood did come forth out of the wine-press -- unto the bridles of the horses, a thousand, six hundred furlongs.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the winepress was trodden under foot without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even to the horses' bridles, from sixteen hundred stadia.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the press, up to the horses' bridles, for a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the basin was trodden beyond the city, and blood went forth from the basin, even as high as the harnesses of horses, out to one thousand six hundred stadia.

New American Bible
The wine press was trodden outside the city and blood poured out of the wine press to the height of a horse’s bridle for two hundred miles.

New Revised Standard Version
And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the wine press, as high as a horse’s bridle, for a distance of about two hundred miles.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the winepress was trodden until the juice which came out reached even to the horse bridles, and the circumference of the winepress was a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the winepress was trodden outside the city and blood came out of the winepress unto the bridle of the horses for 1200 stadia.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And the wine-press was trodden without the city; and blood came out of the wine-press, even to the bridles of the horses, to the distance of a thousand and six hundred fur longs.

Godbey New Testament
And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out from the winepress, unto the trappings of the horses, one thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Haweis New Testament
And the wine-press was trodden without the city, and blood issued from the wine-press, as high as the horses’ bridles, for the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Mace New Testament
and the grapes were press'd without the City, and blood came out of the wine-press, even to the horse-bridles: for the space of sixteen hundred furlongs.

Weymouth New Testament
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and out of it came blood reaching the horses' bridles for a distance of 200 miles.

Worrell New Testament
And the winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came forth out of the winepress even to the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

Worsley New Testament
And the wine-press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the wine-press, even to the horses bridles, a thousand six hundred furlongs off.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Harvest of the Earth
19So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. 20And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

Cross References
Isaiah 63:3
“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.

Joel 3:13
Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.

Lamentations 1:15
The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.

Genesis 49:11
He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

Deuteronomy 32:14
with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

Matthew 13:39-42
and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. / As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. / The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. ...

Matthew 24:28
Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

Romans 11:22
Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

Hebrews 10:29
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Revelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Revelation 19:21
And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.

Revelation 19:13
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.

Revelation 6:9-11
And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. / And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?” / Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.


Treasury of Scripture

And the wine press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the wine press, even to the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

the winepress.

Isaiah 63:1-3
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save…

Lamentations 1:15
The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

without.

Revelation 11:8
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Hebrews 13:11,12
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp…

and blood.

Revelation 19:14-21
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean…

Isaiah 34:5-7
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment…

Isaiah 66:24
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

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Revelation 14
1. The Lamb standing on Mount Zion with his company.
6. An angel preaches the gospel.
8. The fall of Babylon.
15. The harvest of the world.
20. The winepress of the wrath of God.














And the winepress was trodden
The imagery of a winepress is deeply rooted in biblical symbolism, often representing God's judgment. The Greek word for "winepress" is "lēnos," which evokes the process of crushing grapes to extract juice, symbolizing the outpouring of divine wrath. In ancient times, a winepress was a place where grapes were trodden underfoot, a vivid metaphor for the severity and thoroughness of God's judgment against sin. This imagery is consistent with Old Testament prophecies, such as Isaiah 63:3, where God treads the winepress alone, signifying His sole authority in executing judgment.

outside the city
The phrase "outside the city" holds significant theological implications. In biblical times, being outside the city often meant being outside the place of protection and blessing. Jerusalem, the holy city, represents God's dwelling place and His people. Thus, the judgment occurring outside the city suggests a separation from God's presence and favor. This echoes the crucifixion of Christ, who suffered "outside the gate" (Hebrews 13:12), bearing the sins of the world. It underscores the seriousness of sin and the ultimate separation it causes from God.

and blood flowed out of the press
The flowing of blood from the winepress is a stark and sobering image. Blood, in biblical terms, is often associated with life and sacrifice. Here, it represents the life that is forfeited due to sin and rebellion against God. The Greek word "haima" for blood emphasizes the reality and gravity of divine judgment. This imagery is reminiscent of the plagues in Egypt, where the Nile turned to blood, symbolizing God's power and judgment (Exodus 7:20-21). It serves as a reminder of the cost of sin and the ultimate justice of God.

rising as high as the horses’ bridles
The height of the blood, reaching "as high as the horses’ bridles," conveys the overwhelming and total nature of God's judgment. Horses, often used in biblical times for war and conquest, symbolize strength and swiftness. The imagery suggests a battlefield drenched in blood, indicating the completeness of God's victory over evil. This phrase highlights the seriousness of divine retribution and the futility of opposing God's will. It serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of the ultimate triumph of righteousness.

for a distance of 1,600 stadia
The measurement of "1,600 stadia" adds a specific and vast dimension to the scene. A stadion was an ancient Greek unit of length, approximately 607 feet, making 1,600 stadia roughly 184 miles. This extensive distance signifies the far-reaching impact of God's judgment. The number 1,600, being a square of 40, may symbolize completeness and universality, as the number 40 often represents a period of testing or judgment in Scripture (e.g., the 40 days of rain during the flood, the 40 years of Israel's wandering). This detail underscores the thoroughness and inevitability of God's justice across the earth.

Verse 20. - And the wine press was trodden without the city. "The city" is Jerusalem (cf. ver. 1), that is, the Church of God; the idea thus being either

(1) that the wicked are punished in a place apart from the just (cf. Revelation 22:15); or

(2) that no unclean thing (e.g. the blood) can enter the city of the saints (cf. Revelation 21:27). And blood came out of the wine press, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs; as far as sixteen hundred stadia. The Greek stadium is rather less than an English furlong, being about six hundred and six English feet; it was the length of the race course at Olympia, and the eighth part of the Roman mile. The "blood," of which the juice of the grape is a type, depicts the punishment inflicted. Horses seem to be mentioned by proleipsis, in anticipation of Revelation 19:14. The description, of course, implies the terrific nature of the punishment - probably nothing more. In the same way the distance mentioned is no doubt intended to denote the extensive nature of the punishment, though why that particular number is chosen is not absolutely clear. Possibly it is derived from the square of 4 multiplied by the square of 10; four being significant of the created world (see on Revelation 4:6), and ten being the sign of completeness (see on Revelation 13:1); the number thus portraying completeness as regards the created world, and the inability of any one to escape God's judgment.

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

winepress
ληνὸς (lēnos)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3025: A trough, vat, winepress. Apparently a primary word; a trough, i.e. Wine-vat.

was trodden
ἐπατήθη (epatēthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3961: To tread, trample upon. From a derivative probably of paio; to trample.

outside
ἔξωθεν (exōthen)
Preposition
Strong's 1855: (a) from outside, from without, (b) outside, both as adj. and prep; with article: the outside. From exo; external(-ly).

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

city,
πόλεως (poleōs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[the] blood
αἷμα (haima)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.

[that] flowed
ἐξῆλθεν (exēlthen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

[it]
ληνοῦ (lēnou)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3025: A trough, vat, winepress. Apparently a primary word; a trough, i.e. Wine-vat.

[rose] as high as
ἄχρι (achri)
Preposition
Strong's 891: As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to.

the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

bridles
χαλινῶν (chalinōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 5469: A bridle, bit. From chalao; a curb or head-stall.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

horses,
ἵππων (hippōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 2462: A horse. Of uncertain affinity; a horse.

for a distance of
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

1,600 {}
χιλίων (chiliōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 5507: A thousand. Plural of uncertain affinity; a thousand.

stadia.
σταδίων (stadiōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 4712: Or masculine stadios from the base of histemi; a stade or certain measure of distance; by implication, a stadium or race-course.


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