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Revelation 16:4

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

KJV

Καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς ποταμοὺς καὶ τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων· καὶ ἐγένετο αἷμα.

Greek NT

Et tertius effudit phialam suam super flumina, et super fontes aquarum, et factus est sanguis.

Vulgate

And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood.

ASV

And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers and the fountains of waters. And there was made blood.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πηγή
pege
noun · 11×
ποταμός
potamos
noun · 17×
τρίτος
tritos
adjective · 56×
φιάλη
phiale
noun · 12×
ἐκχέω
ekcheo
verb · 27×
o
article · 19778×
ὕδωρ
udor
noun · 76×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ | RP: + εἰς
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + εἰςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Exod 1:22 — And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
  • 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.
  • Exod 8:5 — And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
  • Hos 13:15 — Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall
  • Isa 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the
  • Rev 8:10 — And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
  • Rev 8:10 — And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
  • Rev 14:7 — Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
  • Rev 16:5 — And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.