Revelation 16:3
1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
4 And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
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
- And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
- KJV
- And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
- WEB
- The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.
- ASV
- And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, [even] the things that were in the sea.
- DARBY
- And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became blood, as of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
- BLB
- And the second poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood, as of one dead; and every living soul that was in the sea died.
- ÅB
- Og den annen engel tømte sin skål ut i havet; og det ble til blod som av en død mann, og hver levende sjel i havet døde.
- OTB
- Den andre engelen tømte sin skål ut i havet, og det ble til blod som av en død person, og hver levende skapning i havet døde.
- B1930
- Og den annen engel tømte sin skål ut i havet; og det blev til blod som av en død mann, og hver levende sjel i havet døde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 7:17–21
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.
Read in contextRevelation 8:8–9
Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
Read in contextRevelation 11:6
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.
Read in contextPsalms 105:29
He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.
Read in contextPsalms 78:44
He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:38
And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
Read in contextGenesis 7:22
Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
Read in contextRevelation 10:2
He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
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