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

6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. 7And I heard another from the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. 9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. 10And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for 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

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

Cross-references for Revelation 16:8

• Revelation 6:12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
• Revelation 8:12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so that the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
• Revelation 9:2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
• Isaiah 24:23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign on mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
• Luke 21:25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
• Acts 2:20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
• Revelation 7:16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
• Revelation 9:17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
• Revelation 14:18And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
• Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun rose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
• Matthew 13:6And when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they 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