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.
Revelation 16
King James Version
16 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
3 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.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
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 the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
