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Revelation 16:3

And 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.

KJV

Καὶ ὁ δεύτερος ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· καὶ ἐγένετο αἷμα ὡς νεκροῦ, καὶ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ζωῆς ἀπέθανεν, τὰ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ.

Greek NT

Et secundus angelus effudit phialam suam in mare, et factus est sanguis tamquam mortui : et omnis anima vivens mortua est in mari.

Vulgate

And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, even the things that were in the sea.

ASV

And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea. And there came blood as it were of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δεύτερος
deuteros
adjective · 42×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
ζωή
zoe
noun · 135×
θάλασσα
thalassa
noun · 91×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
φιάλη
phiale
noun · 12×
ψυχή
psuche
noun · 102×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἐκχέω
ekcheo
verb · 27×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: δεύτερος | WH/Treg/NIV: δεύτερος | RP: + ἄγγελος
  • δεύτεροςSBLGNT
  • δεύτεροςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἄγγελοςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ζωῆς | WH/Treg/NIV: ζωῆς | RP: ζῶσα
  • ζωῆςSBLGNT
  • ζωῆςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ζῶσαRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τὰ | WH/Treg/NIV: τὰ
  • τὰSBLGNT
  • τὰWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 7:17 — Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
  • Ps 78:44 — And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
  • Ps 78:44 — And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
  • Ps 105:29 — He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
  • Ps 105:29 — He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
  • Rev 8:8 — And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
  • Rev 8:9 — And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
  • Rev 11:6 — These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.