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Revelation 16
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Majority Standard Bible
1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
3 And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
4 And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
6 For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
7 And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
9 And the people were scorched by intense heat, and men cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
11 and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.
12 And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
14 These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on that great day of God the Almighty.
15 “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
16 And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple of heaven, saying, “It is done!”
18 And there were flashes of lightning, and peals of thunder, and rumblings, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.
19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
20 Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.
21 And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
KJV
1 ¶ And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his image.
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.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
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.
6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments.
8 ¶ And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
12 ¶ And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs [come] out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, [which] go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 ‹Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed› [is] he that watcheth, ‹and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.›
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 ¶ And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, [and] so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)
The bowls of divine wrath are poured out by the seven angels.
1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying unto the seven angels: Go ye, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth. And there was a wicked and evil gland in them that had the mark of the beast, and that worshipped his image.
3 And the other angel poured out his vial into the sea. And there was blood, as of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial into the rivers of water, and into the fountains of waters. And there was blood.
5 And I heard the angel say, Lord, thou art righteous, which art, and which was, and holy, that thou hast judged these things.
6 For they have shed the blood of the saints and of the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: for they are worthy.
7 And I heard another angel out of the altar say, Yea, Lord God Almighty, thy judgments are true and righteous.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial into the sun, and it was given unto him to make man hot with fire.
9 And men were hot with great heat, and blasphemed the name of GOD, which hath power over these plagues; and repented not to give him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the throne of the beast. And his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain.
11 And blasphemed God in heaven for their pains, and for their glands; and repented not of their works.
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the waters dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings from the rising of the sun.
13 And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like unto frogs.
14 And there are spirits of devils, which do signs, and go forth unto the kings of the earth, and to all the world, to gather them together to battle for that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief! Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and his shame be seen.
16 And he gathered them together unto a place which is called in the ibex Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air. And there went out a voice from heaven out of the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so great an earthquake.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the heathen fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of wine of his fierce anger.
20 And all the isles fled away, and no mountains were found.
21 And a great hail of a talent fell from heaven upon men. And men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for his plague is very great.
1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)
Machine-translated from Luther's final 1545 German Bible
The LED is an English rendering of Martin Luther's final 1545 German Bible. According to BackToLuther, it was produced by using the DeepL Translator on Luther's German text, then processed, polished, formatted, and hyperlinked for reading, while preserving chapter headings and other notations from orthodox German Lutheran Bibles.
Source attribution: BackToLuther, “Luther's 1545 Bible - in English by… DeepL Translator (The LED Bible)”.
For print editions, see “1545 Luther's English Bible (LED): now in print”.
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