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Revelation 16

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Revelation 16 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

I heard a loud voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth!”

ASV: 1ASV

And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God into the earth.

WEB: 2WEB

The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and painful sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.

ASV: 2ASV

And the first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth; and it became a noisome and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and that worshipped his image.

WEB: 3WEB

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: 3ASV

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.

WEB: 4WEB

The third poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

ASV: 4ASV

And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood.

WEB: 5WEB

I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you have judged these things.

ASV: 5ASV

And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, thou Holy One, because thou didst thus judge:

WEB: 6WEB

For they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”

ASV: 6ASV

for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.

WEB: 7WEB

I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”

ASV: 7ASV

And I heard the altar saying, Yea, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

WEB: 8WEB

The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.

ASV: 8ASV

And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.

WEB: 9WEB

People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn’t repent and give him glory.

ASV: 9ASV

And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.

WEB: 10WEB

The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain,

ASV: 10ASV

And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

WEB: 11WEB

and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They still didn’t repent of their works.

ASV: 11ASV

and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works.

WEB: 12WEB

The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.

ASV: 12ASV

And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising.

WEB: 13WEB

I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;

ASV: 13ASV

And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs:

WEB: 14WEB

for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God the Almighty.

ASV: 14ASV

for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

WEB: 15WEB

“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”

ASV: 15ASV

(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

WEB: 16WEB

He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, “Harmagedon”.

ASV: 16ASV

And they gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew Har-Magedon.

WEB: 17WEB

The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”

ASV: 17ASV

And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air; and there came forth a great voice out of the temple, from the throne, saying, It is done:

WEB: 18WEB

There were lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake such as has not happened since there were men on the earth—so great an earthquake and so mighty.

ASV: 18ASV

and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men upon the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.

WEB: 19WEB

The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

ASV: 19ASV

And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

WEB: 20WEB

Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

ASV: 20ASV

And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

WEB: 21WEB

Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague was exceedingly severe.

ASV: 21ASV

And great hail, every stone about the weight of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great.