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Revelation 12:16

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

KJV

καὶ ἐβοήθησεν ἡ γῆ τῇ γυναικί, καὶ ἤνοιξεν ἡ γῆ τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς καὶ κατέπιεν τὸν ποταμὸν ὃν ἔβαλεν ὁ δράκων ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Et adjuvit terra mulierem, et aperuit terra os suum, et absorbuit flumen, quod misit draco de ore suo.

Vulgate

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

ASV

And the earth helped the woman: and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
βοηθέω
boetheo
verb · 8×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δράκων
drakon
noun · 13×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταπίνω
katapino
verb · 7×
ποταμός
potamos
noun · 17×
στόμα
stoma
noun · 78×
ἀνοίγω
anoigo
verb · 76×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Historic Christian voices

3 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

  • Num 16:32 — And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.