Text-Critical English New Testament

Revelation 16

The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go pour out on the earth the 1seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

So the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Then harmful and painful sores came upon the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

The second 2angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned into blood, like that of a dead person, and every 3creature in the sea died.

The 4third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. And I heard the angel of the waters say,

“Just are yoʋ, 5who is and who was, the Holy One,

because yoʋ have brought these judgments.

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,

and yoʋ have given them blood to drink; 6

it is what they deserve.”

And I heard 7the altar say,

“Yes, Lord God, the Almighty,

true and just are yoʋr judgments.”

The 8fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and the sun was permitted to scorch people with fire. People were scorched with intense heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, but they did not repent and give him glory.

The 9fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and the beast's kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, but they did not repent of their works.

The 10sixth 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. Then I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are demonic spirits performing 11signs, who go out to the kings 12of the whole world to assemble them for battle on 13that great day of God, the Almighty. (“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his garments on, so that he will not walk around naked and have people see his shame.”) Then they assembled the kings at the place called in Hebrew, 14Megiddo.

The 15seventh poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne of 16the temple of heaven, saying, “It is done!” Then there were 17flashes of lightning, peals of thunder, rumblings, 18and a great earthquake such as had not occurred since men have been on the earth, so great was the quake. The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. Every island fled, and no mountain could be found. And great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, fell on people from heaven, and they blasphemed God for the plague of hail, because the plague was so severe.

Source notes (18)

Footnote seven 66.5% ¦ — PCK TR 33.5%
Footnote angel 91.3% ¦ — CT 8.3%
Footnote creature 44% ¦ living creature ANT CT PCK RP TR 54.8%
Footnote third 53.2% ¦ third angel PCK TR 46.3%
Footnote who is and who was, the Holy One 58.3% ¦ who is and has always been holy MSS 16.1% ¦ who is and who was, even the Holy One MSS 9.2% ¦ who is and who was, and holy MSS 6% ¦ O Lord, who is and who was, even the Holy One ELZ ST 0.9% ¦ O Lord, who is and who was and who is to come SCR 0%
Footnote it 91.3% ¦ for it TR 2.8%
Footnote the 89% ¦ said from the altar MSS 9.2% ¦ another from the altar say TR 0%
Footnote fourth 41.7% ¦ fourth angel PCK RP TR 58.3%
Footnote fifth 50.9% ¦ fifth angel PCK TR 47.2%
Footnote sixth 55% ¦ sixth angel PCK TR 45%
Footnote signs, who 72.8% ¦ signs to ST 24%
Footnote of 91.7% ¦ of the earth and of TR 0.9%
Footnote that 89.4% ¦ the CT 5.6%
Footnote Megiddo 39.4% ¦ Armageddon ANT CT PCK RP TR 48.6% {Note: Armageddon means hill of Megiddo.}
Footnote seventh 50.7% ¦ seventh angel PCK TR 47.9%
Footnote the temple of heaven 65.3% ¦ heaven MSS 23.7% ¦ the temple CT 9.1%
Footnote flashes of lightning, peals of thunder, rumblings 62.7% ¦ flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder ANT CT 15% ¦ rumblings, peals of thunder, and flashes of lightning TR 6.4% ¦ flashes of lightning and rumblings MSS 6.4%
Footnote and 52.5% ¦ and there was ANT CT PCK TR 47% {Note: The reading of PCK would require the word and to be added before rumblings in the previous variant unit.}

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