Revelation 6:12
KJV:
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
BSB:
And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
Greek:
Καὶ εἶδον ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἕκτην, καὶ ἰδού σεισμὸς μέγας ἐγένετο, καὶ ἥλιος ἐγένετο μέλας ὡς σάκκος τρίχινος, καὶ σελήνη ὅλη ἐγένετο ὡς αἷμα,
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Scripture Quoting Scripture

Revelation 6:12 is...
possibly alluding to: Isa 24:18Isa 24:23Isa 13:13Hag 2:6Joel 2:31
alluding to: Isa 34:4

Translation Greek Transliteration [morphology] Texts
And Καὶ Kai CONJ NKO
I saw εἶδον eidon V-2AAI-1S NKO
when ὅτε hote CONJ NKO
He opened ἤνοιξεν ēnoixen V-2AAI-3S NKO
the τὴν tēn T-ASF NKO
seal σφραγῖδα sphragida N-ASF NKO
<the> τὴν tēn T-ASF NKO
sixth, ἕκτην, hektēn A-ASF NKO
and καὶ kai CONJ NKO
behold 1 ἰδού idou INJ K
an earthquake σεισμὸς seismos N-NSM NKO
great μέγας megas A-NSM NKO
there was, ἐγένετο, egeneto V-2ADI-3S NKO
and καὶ kai CONJ NKO
the ho T-NSM NKO
sun ἥλιος hēlios N-NSM NKO
became ἐγένετο egeneto V-2ADI-3S NKO
black μέλας melas A-NSM NKO
as ὡς hōs PRT NKO
sackcloth σάκκος sakkos N-NSM NKO
of hair, τρίχινος, trichinos A-NSM NKO
and καὶ kai CONJ NKO
the T-NSF NKO
moon σελήνη selēnē N-NSF NKO
whole 2 ὅλη holē A-NSF NO
became ἐγένετο egeneto V-2ADI-3S NKO
like ὡς hōs PRT NKO
blood, αἷμα, haima N-NSN NKO

Word Types and Editions

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  1. Extra Text: ἰδού (idou) 'behold' is only in traditional manuscripts (TR) 

  2. Extra Text: ὅλη (holē) 'whole' is only in older manuscripts (NA28+NA27+Tyn+SBL+WH+Treg+Byz)