Revelation 16
New American Standard Bible
The Bowls of Wrath
16 Then I heard a loud voice from (A)the [a]temple, saying to the (B)seven angels, “Go and (C)pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”
2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl (D)on the earth; and a harmful and painful (E)sore [b]afflicted the people (F)who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.
3 The second angel poured out his bowl (G)into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living [c]thing in the sea died.
4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the (H)rivers and the springs of waters; and they (I)became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “(J)Righteous are You, (K)the One who is and who was, O (L)Holy One, because You (M)judged these things; 6 for they poured out (N)the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them (O)blood to drink. They [d]deserve it.” 7 And I heard (P)the altar saying, “Yes, (Q)Lord God, the Almighty, (R)true and righteous are Your judgments.”
8 And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon (S)the sun, (T)and it was given power to scorch people with fire. 9 And the people were scorched with [e]fierce heat; and they (U)blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they (V)did not repent so as to (W)give Him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the (X)throne of the beast, and his kingdom became (Y)darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, 11 and they (Z)blasphemed the (AA)God of heaven because of their pain and their (AB)sores; and they (AC)did not repent of their deeds.
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the (AD)great river, the Euphrates; and (AE)its water was dried up, so that (AF)the way would be prepared for the kings (AG)from the [f]east.
Har-Magedon (Armageddon)
13 And I saw coming out of the mouth of the (AH)dragon, and out of the mouth of the (AI)beast, and out of the mouth of the (AJ)false prophet, three (AK)unclean spirits like (AL)frogs; 14 for they are (AM)spirits of demons, (AN)performing signs, which go out to the kings of the (AO)entire [g]world, to (AP)gather them together for the war of the (AQ)great day of God, the Almighty. 15 (“Behold, (AR)I am coming like a thief. (AS)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, (AT)so that he will not walk about naked and people will not see his shame.”) 16 And they (AU)gathered them together to the place which (AV)in Hebrew is called (AW)Har-Magedon.
The Seventh Bowl of Wrath
17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon (AX)the air, and a (AY)loud voice came out of the [h](AZ)temple from the throne, saying, “(BA)It is done.” 18 And there were flashes of (BB)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was (BC)a great earthquake, (BD)such as there had not been since mankind came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. 19 (BE)The great city [i]was split into three parts, and the cities of the [j]nations fell. (BF)Babylon the great was (BG)remembered in the sight of God, to give her (BH)the cup of the wine of [k]His fierce wrath. 20 And (BI)every island fled, and no mountains were found. 21 And (BJ)huge [l]hailstones, weighing about [m]a talent each, *came down from heaven upon people; and people (BK)blasphemed God because of the (BL)plague of the hail, because [n]the hailstone plague *was extremely [o]severe.
Footnotes
- Revelation 16:1 Or sanctuary
- Revelation 16:2 Lit came upon
- Revelation 16:3 Lit soul
- Revelation 16:6 Lit are worthy
- Revelation 16:9 Lit great
- Revelation 16:12 Lit rising of the sun
- Revelation 16:14 Lit inhabited earth
- Revelation 16:17 Or sanctuary
- Revelation 16:19 Lit became three
- Revelation 16:19 Or Gentiles
- Revelation 16:19 Lit wrath of His anger
- Revelation 16:21 Lit hail
- Revelation 16:21 I.e., as a measure of weight about 100 lb. or 45 kg
- Revelation 16:21 Lit its plague
- Revelation 16:21 Lit great
Revelation 16
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
16 1 And I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour-out the seven bowls of the fury of God into the earth”.
2 And the first went and poured out his bowl into the land[a]— and a bad and evil sore came upon the people having the mark of the beast and the ones giving worship to his image.
3 And the second poured out his bowl into the sea— and it became blood like of a dead man. And every soul of life died— the things in the sea.
4 And the third poured-out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of waters— and it[b] became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous[c], the One Who is and Who was[d], the holy One, because You judged these things. 6 Because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They are worthy[e] of it ”. 7 And I heard a voice from the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God Almighty, Your judgments are true and righteous”.
8 And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun— and authority was given to it to scorch the people with fire. 9 And the people were scorched with a great scorching-heat. And they blasphemed the name of God, the One having the authority over these plagues. And they did not repent so as to give Him glory.
10 And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast— and his kingdom became darkened. And they were biting their tongues because-of the pain. 11 And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, and because of their sores. And they did not repent from their works.
12 And the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates— and its water was dried-up in order that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun[f]. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false-prophet. 14 For they are spirits of demons doing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them together for the battle of the great day of God Almighty. 15 “Behold[g]— I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one keeping-watch[h], and keeping his garments in order that he not be walking-around naked and they see his shame”. 16 And they gathered them together to the place being called Har-Magedon in Hebrew.
17 And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air— and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne saying, “It is done[i]”. 18 And there came lightnings[j] and voices and thunders. And a great earthquake took place such as did not take place from which time a human[k] came-to-be[l] upon the earth— so-large an earthquake, so great. 19 And the great city[m] came-to-be in three parts. And the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered[n] in the presence of God— to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath. 20 And every island fled, and the mountains were not found. 21 And great hail weighing about a talent[o] comes down from heaven upon the people. And the people blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague is extremely great.
Footnotes
- Revelation 16:2 Or, earth.
- Revelation 16:4 That is, the water.
- Revelation 16:5 Or, just.
- Revelation 16:5 Note that ‘and Who is coming’ is omitted, as in 11:17.
- Revelation 16:6 Or, deserving.
- Revelation 16:12 That is, from the east.
- Revelation 16:15 This interjection to the readers of this book is similar to the one in 22:7.
- Revelation 16:15 Or, staying-alert.
- Revelation 16:17 Or, It has come-to-pass.
- Revelation 16:18 See 4:5.
- Revelation 16:18 Or, mankind.
- Revelation 16:18 Or, came-into-being.
- Revelation 16:19 That is, Jerusalem; or, Babylon.
- Revelation 16:19 That is, was kept in mind.
- Revelation 16:21 That is, about 58-94 pounds or 26-43 kilograms, depending on the system of measurement.
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