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Revelation 16:4

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.

3 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.

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.

6 For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”

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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 third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.
KJV
And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
WEB
The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.
ASV
And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood.
DARBY
And the third poured out his bowl on the rivers, and [on] the fountains of waters; and they became blood.
BLB
And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of the waters, and they became blood.
ÅB
Og den tredje engel tømte sin skål ut i elvene og i vannkildene; og det ble til blod.
OTB
Den tredje engelen tømte sin skål ut i elvene og vannkildene, og de ble til blod.
B1930
Og den tredje engel tømte sin skål ut i elvene og i vannkildene; og det blev til blod.

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  • Revelation 8:10–11

    Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

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  • Exodus 7:17–20

    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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  • Hosea 13:15

    Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come— a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

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  • Revelation 14:7

    And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”

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  • Isaiah 50:2

    Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

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  • Revelation 16:5

    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.

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  • Exodus 8:5

    And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

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  • Ezekiel 35:8

    I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

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