Revelation 16:8
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
KJV
Καὶ ὁ τέταρτος ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν ἥλιον· καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ καυματίσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐν πυρί.
Greek NT
Et quartus angelus effudit phialam suam in solem, et datum est illi æstu affligere homines, et igni :
Vulgate
And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.
ASV
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun. And it was given unto him to afflict men with heat and fire.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- τέταρτος — SBLGNT
- τέταρτος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἄγγελος — Robinson-Pierpont
- τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐν πυρί — SBLGNT
- τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐν πυρί — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐν πυρί τοὺς ἀνθρώπους — Robinson-Pierpont
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 2:20 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
- Acts 2:20 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
- Gen 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
- Isa 1:5 — Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
- Isa 24:23 — Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
- Jonah 4:8 — And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, 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
- Josh 10:13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and
- Luke 21:25 — And 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;
- Matt 13:6 — And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
- Ps 140:10 — Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
- Ps 148:8 — Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
- Rev 6:12 — And 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;
- Rev 7:16 — They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
- Rev 8:12 — And 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 as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone n
- Rev 8:12 — And 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 as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone n
- Rev 9:2 — And 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.
- Rev 14:18 — And another angel came out from the altar, which 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 vin
- Rev 14:18 — And another angel came out from the altar, which 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 vin
- Rev 22:11 — He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.