Revelation 16:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁸ Then the fourth [angel] poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to burn people with [its] fire.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Then the fourth [angel] emptied out his bowl upon the sun, and it was permitted to burn (scorch) humanity with [fierce, glowing] heat (fire).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.

Common English Bible

⁸ The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to burn people with fire.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And the fourth Angel poured out his bowl upon the sun. And it was given to him to afflict men with heat and fire.

Revelation 16:8 Cross References

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up these tender sprouts were scorched and, since they had such tiny roots, they [quickly] withered away.

Luke 21:25

“Then [Note: This event answers to the “immediately” of Matt. 24:29, and suggests the next major event on God’s calendar] there will be [supernatural] signs [evident] in the sun and moon and stars. And on earth [there will be] distress among nations; they will be perplexed by the roaring of the ocean’s churning waves. [Note: Probably this is figurative language for highly agitated conditions on earth].

Acts 2:20

[In that day] the sun will become dark and the moon will [appear] as blood. [This will all happen] before the great and wonderful day when the Lord comes. [Note: Some view these last two verses as a reference to events occurring at the end of time. See Matt. 24:29-30].

Revelation 14:18

Then another angel [i.e., the sixth] came out of the Altar. He had authority over [its] fire and he called out in a loud voice to the One who had the sharp sickle [i.e., the fifth angel] saying, “Use your sharp sickle to gather the clusters from the vines of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”

Revelation 6:12

Then I looked as the Lamb broke open the sixth seal, and there [I saw] a great earthquake; the sun turned as black as sackcloth made out of [goat] hair, and the entire moon turned [as red] as blood.

Revelation 7:16

They will not be hungry anymore, nor will they get thirsty anymore. The sun will not beat down on them, nor will they become scorched by the heat.

Revelation 8:12

[When] the fourth angel sounded its trumpet [I saw] one third of the sun, one third of the moon, and one third of the stars being struck, so that one third [of their light] would become darkened. So, the daytime had [only] one third of its [normal] light, and the nighttime was the same way.

Revelation 9:2

And the fallen star opened the shaft leading to the deep pit and smoke drifted up from the shaft like smoke from a huge furnace. And the sun and the sky were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.