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Revelation 16:2
2And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there came an evil and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and those who worshipped its image.
Revelation 16:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.
Context of Revelation 16:2
1And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out the seven bowls of the fury of God upon the earth. And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there came an evil and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and those who worshipped its image. 3And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became blood, as of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea. 4And the third poured out his bowl on the rivers, and [on] the fountains of waters; and they became blood.
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Καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐγένετο ἕλκος κακὸν καὶ πονηρὸν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς ἔχοντας τὸ χάραγμα τοῦ θηρίου καὶ τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας τῇ εἰκόνι αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear
- firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
- wentἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
- bowlφιάληphialē · bowlG5357
- earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
- cameγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
- menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- markχάραγμαcharagma · image/markG5480
- beastθηρίονthērion · wild animalG2342
- imageεἰκώνeikōn · imageG1504
Cross-references for Revelation 16:2
- Revelation 8:7And the first sounded [his] trumpet: and there was hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth; and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
- Revelation 14:16And he that sat on the cloud put his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
- Exodus 9:8And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Take to yourselves handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens before the eyes of Pharaoh.
- Deuteronomy 7:15and Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness, and none of the evil infirmities of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee; but he will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
- Deuteronomy 28:27Jehovah will smite thee with the ulcers of Egypt, and with boils, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
- 1 Samuel 5:6And the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he laid them waste, and smote them with hemorrhoids, — Ashdod and its borders.
- 2 Chronicles 21:15and thyself with sore sicknesses, with a disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
- Job 2:7And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah; and he smote Job with a grievous botch from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
- Psalms 78:26He caused the east wind to rise in the heavens, and by his strength he brought the south wind;
- Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
- Isaiah 3:17therefore the Lord will make bald the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will lay bare their secret parts.
- Luke 16:20And [there was] a poor man, by name Lazarus, [who] was laid at his gateway full of sores,
- Acts 12:23And immediately an angel of [the] Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.
- Revelation 13:15And it was given to it to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should also speak, and should cause that as many as should not do homage to the image of the beast should be killed.
Commentaries on Revelation 16:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2A noisome and grievous sore - This is a reference to the sixth Egyptian plague, boils and blains, Exodus 9:8, Exodus 9:9, etc.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And the first went - Went forth from heaven, where the seat of the vision was laid. And poured out his vial upon the earth - That is, upon the land, in contradistinction from the sea, the rivers, the air, the seat of the beast, the sun, as represented in the other vials. In Revelation 16:1, the word earth is used in the general sense to denote this world as distinguished from heaven; in this verse it is used in the specific sense, to denote land as…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The harmful sores remind us of the sixth plague in Egypt (Exodus 9:9–11). mark of the beast: See Revelation 13:13–17; 14:9–10.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. went--Greek, "went away." poured out--So the angel cast fire into the earth previous to the series of trumpets (Re 8:5). upon--so Coptic. But A, B, C, Vulgate, and Syriac read, "into." noisome--literally, "evil" (compare De 28:27, 35). The very same Greek word is used in the Septuagint as here, Greek, "helkos." The reason why the sixth Egyptian plague is the first here is because it was directed against the Egyptian magicians, Jannes and Jambres, so…Read the comment
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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
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