Revelation 11:6

4 These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

5 If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

7 When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.

8 Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
KJV
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
WEB
These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
ASV
These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.
DARBY
These have power to shut the heaven that no rain may fall during the days of their prophecy; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth as often as they will with every plague.
BLB
These have the authority to shut the sky, so that no rain may fall in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they might want.
ÅB
Disse har makt til å lukke himmelen, så det ikke skal falle noe regn i de dager de er profeter, og de har makt over vannene til å omskape dem til blod, og til å slå jorden med allslags plage, så ofte de vil.
OTB
De har makt til å lukke himmelen så det ikke faller regn i deres profetertid; og de har myndighet over vannene til å gjøre dem til blod og å slå jorden med alle plager så ofte de vil.
B1930
Disse har makt til å lukke himmelen, så det ikke skal falle noget regn i de dager de er profeter, og de har makt over vannene til å omskape dem til blod, og til å slå jorden med allslags plage, så ofte de vil.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 4:25

    But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

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  • 1 Kings 17:1

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

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  • Exodus 7:17–25

    This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.

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  • Psalms 105:26–36

    He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

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  • 1 Samuel 4:8

    Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

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  • James 5:16–18

    Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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  • Ezekiel 7:1–12

    And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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