Revelation 12:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ But the earth helped the woman by opening up its mouth and swallowing the torrent of water which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But the earth came to the rescue of the woman, and the ground opened its mouth and swallowed up the stream of water which the dragon had spouted from his mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon poured out of his mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But the earth assisted the woman. And the earth opened her mouth and absorbed the river, which the dragon sent out from his mouth.

Revelation 12:16 Cross References

Matthew 23:24

You blind leaders, who strain out a [tiny] gnat [i.e., from your drinking water] and [yet] swallow a [whole] camel.

Revelation 12:15

Then the snake spewed a torrent of water out of his mouth after the woman so that she would be swept away by the torrent.

Revelation 12:17

Then the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to wage war against the rest of the woman’s offspring, who obey God’s commandments and who remain true to their testimony about Jesus.