Revelation 16:1

Revelation 16:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out the seven bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.”

Context of Revelation 16:1

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.” 2So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and a harmful and painful sore afflicted the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. 3The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea died.

Revelation 16:1 word by word

Καὶ ἤκουσα μεγάλης φωνῆς ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ λεγούσης τοῖς ἑπτὰ ἀγγέλοις· ὑπάγετε καὶ ἐκχέετε τὰς ἑπτὰ φιάλας τοῦ θυμοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν.¶Read the interlinear

• Thenκαίkai · andG2532
• I heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• a loudμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• templeναόςnaos · templeG3485
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• sevenἑπτάhepta · sevenG2033
• angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• Goὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
• on the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• bowlsφιάληphialē · bowlG5357
• of the wrathθυμόςthumos · wrathG2372
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Revelation 16:1

• Revelation 14:15And another angel came out of the temple, calling out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Put in Your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
• Revelation 15:5After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened,
• Revelation 15:1Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.
• Revelation 16:2So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and a harmful and painful sore afflicted the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.
• Revelation 14:9Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
• Revelation 15:7And one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
• 1 Samuel 15:3Now go and strike Amalek and completely destroy everything that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
• Ezekiel 9:5But to the others He said in my presence, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare.
• Ezekiel 10:2And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, “Enter between the whirling wheels under the cherubim and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” And he entered in my sight.
• Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,

Commentaries on Revelation 16:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Go your ways, and pour out - These ministers of the Divine justice were ready to execute vengeance upon transgressors, having full power; but could do nothing in this way till they received especial commission. Nothing can be done without the permission of God; and in the manifestation of justice or mercy by Divine agency, there must be positive command.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1And I heard a great voice out of the temple - A loud voice out of the temple as seen in heaven (notes on Revelation 11:19), and that came, therefore, from the very presence of God. Saying to the seven angels - That had the seven vials of wrath. See the notes on Revelation 15:1, Revelation 15:7. Go your ways - Your respective ways, to the fulfillment of the task assigned to each. And pour out the vials of the wrath of God - Empty those vials; cause to come…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The first vial is poured out on the earth, the second on the sea, the third on the rivers and fountains. (1-7) The fourth on the sun, the fifth on the seat of the beast. (8-11) The sixth on the great river Euphrates. (12-16) And the seventh on the air, when shall follow the destruction of all antichristian enemies. (17-21) Verses 1-7 We are to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven. Here is a succession of terrible…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The powerful voice likely belongs to God (also in Revelation 6:6; 9:13; 16:17; 18:4; 19:5; see Isaiah 66:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-21The trumpets shook the world kingdoms in a longer process; the vials destroy with a swift and sudden overthrow the kingdom of "the beast" in particular who had invested himself with the world kingdom. The Hebrews thought the Egyptian plagues to have been inflicted with but an interval of a month between them severally [Bengel, referring to Seder Olam]. As Moses took ashes from an earthly common furnace, so angels, as priestly ministers in the heavenly…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 16:1

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• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Angel
• Gnaw
• Vial
• Dragon
• Justification
• Print; Printing; Printed
• Retribution
• Revelation of John

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