Revelation 16:2

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

1I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Pour the seven bowls of God’s anger over the earth.” The first angel poured his bowl over the earth. Horrible, painful sores appeared on the people who had the brand of the beast and worshiped its statue. 3The second angel poured his bowl over the sea. The sea turned into blood like the blood of a dead man, and every living thing in the sea died. 4The third angel poured his bowl over the rivers and the springs. They turned into blood.

Revelation 16:2 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
• wentἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• poured outἐκχέωekcheō ekchunō · to pour outG1632
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• vialφιάληphialē · bowlG5357
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• there fellγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• a noisomeκακόςkakos · evil/harm: harmG2556
• grievousπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
• soreἕλκοςhelkos · soreG1668
• uponεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• the markχάραγμαcharagma · image/markG5480
• of the beastθηρίονthērion · wild animalG2342
• which worshippedπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352
• imageεἰκώνeikōn · imageG1504

Cross-references for Revelation 16:2

• Revelation 8:7When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire were mixed with blood, and were thrown on the earth. One-third of the earth was burned up, one-third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
• Revelation 14:16The one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the harvesting of the earth was completed.
• Exodus 9:8Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take a handful of ashes from a kiln, and have Moses throw them up in the air as Pharaoh watches.
• Deuteronomy 7:15The Lord will keep you from having any kind of illness. He will not strike you with any of the terrible diseases you experienced in Egypt. Instead, he will strike all those who hate you.
• Deuteronomy 28:27The Lord will strike you with the same boils that plagued the Egyptians. He will strike you with hemorrhoids, sores, and itching that won’t go away.
• 1 Samuel 5:6The Lord dealt harshly with the people of Ashdod. He destroyed them by striking the people in the vicinity of Ashdod with tumors.
• 2 Chronicles 21:15You will suffer from a chronic intestinal disease until your intestines come out.”
• Job 2:7Satan left the Lord’s presence and struck Job with painful boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
• Psalms 78:26He made the east wind blow in the heavens and guided the south wind with his might.
• Isaiah 1:5“Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is failing.
• Isaiah 3:17The Lord will cause sores ⌞to appear⌟ on the heads of the women of Zion, and the Lord will make their foreheads bare.
• Luke 16:20There was also a beggar named Lazarus who was regularly brought to the gate of the rich man’s house.
• Acts 12:23Immediately, an angel from the Lord killed Herod for not giving glory to God. Herod was eaten by maggots, and he died.
• Revelation 13:15The second beast was allowed to put breath into the statue of the ⌞first⌟ beast. Then the statue of the ⌞first⌟ beast could talk and put to death whoever would not worship it.

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

Topics related to Revelation 16:2

• Animals
• Temple
• Vision
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Gnaw
• Vial
• Dragon
• Grievous; Grievously; Greievousness
• Justification
• Mark
• Noisome
• Print; Printing; Printed
• Retribution

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