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

1And 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. 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. 3And 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. 4And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became 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

• ·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 8:7The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
• Revelation 14:16And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
• Exodus 9:8And Yhwh said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
• Deuteronomy 7:15And Yhwh will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
• Deuteronomy 28:27Yhwh will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
• 1 Samuel 5:6But the hand of Yhwh was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
• 2 Chronicles 21:15And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
• Job 2:7So went Satan forth from the presence of Yhwh, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
• Psalms 78:26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
• Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isaiah 3:17Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, And Yhwh will discover their secret parts.
• Luke 16:20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
• Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
• Revelation 13:15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship 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

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