Revelation 12:15
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
KJV
καὶ ἔβαλεν ὁ ὄφις ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ ὀπίσω τῆς γυναικὸς ὕδωρ ὡς ποταμόν, ἵνα αὐτὴν ποταμοφόρητον ποιήσῃ.
Greek NT
Et misit serpens ex ore suo post mulierem, aquam tamquam flumen, ut eam faceret trahi a flumine.
Vulgate
And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
ASV
And the serpent cast out of his mouth, after the woman, water, as it were a river: that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2853Victory over the "prince of this world"169 was won once for all at the Hour when Jesus freely gave himself up to death to give us his life. This is the judgment of this world, and the prince of this world is "cast out."170 "He pursued the woman"171 but had no hold on her: the new Eve, "full of grace" of the Holy Spirit, is preserved from sin and the corruption of death (the Imm…
Cross-references
- Isa 8:7 — Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all
- Isa 28:2 — Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Isa 59:19 — So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
- Isa 59:19 — So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
- Ps 18:4 — The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
- Ps 65:7 — Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
- Ps 69:15 — Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
- Ps 93:3 — The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
- Ps 93:3 — The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
- Ps 124:4 — Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
- Ps 144:7 — Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
- Rev 13:2 — And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
- Rev 17:15 — And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
- Rev 20:2 — And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,