Revelation 16:8

Revelation 16:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
• New International Version (NIV)The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was allowed to scorch people with fire.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.

Context of Revelation 16:8

6Because they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, you have given them blood to drink; they deserve it! 7I heard the altar say, Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and just are your judgments. The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. It was allowed to scorch people with fire, 9and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory. 10The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues because of their pain

Revelation 16:8 word by word

Καὶ ὁ τέταρτος ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν ἥλιον, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ καυματίσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐν πυρί.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the fourthτέταρτοςtetartos · fourthG5067
• angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• poured outἐκχέωekcheō ekchunō · to pour outG1632
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• vialφιάληphialē · bowlG5357
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the sunἥλιοςhēlios · sunG2246
• powerκαυματίζωkaumatizō · to scorchG2739
• was givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• fireπῦρpur · fireG4442

Cross-references for Revelation 16:8

• Revelation 6:12Then I saw him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of hair; the entire moon became like blood;
• Revelation 8:12The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light and also a third of the night.
• Revelation 9:2He opened the shaft to the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.
• Isaiah 24:23The moon will be put to shame and the sun disgraced, because the Lord of Armies will reign as king on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, and he will display his glory in the presence of his elders.
• Luke 21:25“Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the waves.
• Acts 2:20The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
• Revelation 7:16They will no longer hunger; they will no longer thirst; the sun will no longer strike them, nor will any scorching heat.
• Revelation 9:17This is how I saw the horses and their riders in the vision: They had breastplates that were fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.
• Revelation 14:18Yet another angel, who had authority over fire, came from the altar, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vineyard of the earth, because its grapes have ripened.”
• Jonah 4:8As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head so much that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said, “It’s better for me to die than to live.”
• Matthew 13:6But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.

Commentaries on Revelation 16:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Poured out his vial upon the sun - Mr. Robert Fleming, more than one hundred years ago, in his View of Scripture Prophecy, supposed that the sun here meant the French empire, and conjectured that this vial would be poured out on that empire about the year 1794. And it is remarkable that in 1793 the French king was beheaded by the National Assembly; and great and unparalleled miseries fell upon the French nation, which nearly extinguished all their…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun - Toward the sun, or so as to reach the sun. The effect was as if it had been poured upon the sun, giving it an intense heat, and thus inflicting a severe judgment upon people. This corresponds also with the fourth trumpet Revelation 8:12, where it is said, that the “third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars.” For the general meaning of this…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-11Verses 8-11 The heart of man is so desperately wicked, that the most severe miseries never will bring any to repent, without the special grace of God. Hell itself is filled with blasphemies; and those are ignorant of the history of human nature, of the Bible, and of their own hearts, who do not know that the more men suffer, and the more plainly they see the hand of God in their sufferings, the more furiously they often rage against him. Let sinners now…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9The fourth bowl is different from the plagues of Egypt, earlier seals, or trumpets. the people were scorched: Contrast Revelation 7:16. Yet those who faced this judgment refused to repent or honor God (see Revelation 9:20–21; 16:11; compare 14:6–7); they even cursed God's name.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. angel--so Coptic and Andreas. But A, B, C, Vulgate, and Syriac omit it. upon--not as in Re 16:2, 3, "into." sun--Whereas by the fourth trumpet the sun is darkened (Re 8:12) in a third part, here by the fourth vial the sun's bright scorching power is intensified. power was given unto him--rather, "unto it," the sun. men--Greek, "the men," namely, those who had the mark of the beast (Re 16:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 16:8

• Astronomy
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Sun
• Temple
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Gnaw
• Vial
• Dragon
• Justification
• Names, Proper
• Print; Printing; Printed
• Retribution
• Revelation of John
• Sore

Commentaries on Revelation 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings