Revelation 16:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth, and a foul and painful sore came on those who had the brand of the beast and who worshiped its image.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² So the first [angel] went and emptied his bowl on the earth, and foul and painful ulcers (sores) came on the people who were marked with the stamp of the beast and who did homage to his image. [Exod. 9:10, 11; Deut. 28:35.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² And the first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth; and it became a noisome and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and that worshipped his image.

Common English Bible

² So the first angel poured his bowl on the earth, and a nasty and terrible sore appeared on the people who had the beast’s mark and worshipped its image.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And the first Angel went forth and poured out his bowl upon the earth. And a severe and most grievous wound occurred upon the men who had the character of the beast, and upon those who adored the beast or its image.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth, and there fell a sore and grievous wound upon men, who had the character of the beast; and upon them that adored the image thereof.

Revelation 16:2 Cross References

2 Chronicles 21:15

and you yourself will have a severe sickness with a disease of your bowels until your bowels come out, day after day, because of the disease.”

2 Chronicles 21:18

After all this the Lord struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

Psalm 78:26

He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind;

Isaiah 3:17

the Lord will afflict with scabs the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their scalps and heads.

Isaiah 3:24

Instead of perfume there will be a stench; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-styled hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a binding of sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.

Acts 12:23

And immediately, because he had not given the glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, scurvy, and itch, of which you cannot be healed.

Deuteronomy 28:35

The Lord will strike you on the knees and on the legs with grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

Deuteronomy 7:15

The Lord will turn away from you every illness; all the dread diseases of Egypt that you experienced, he will not inflict on you, but he will lay them on all who hate you.

Revelation 13:12

It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.

Revelation 14:16

So the one who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Revelation 14:9

Then another angel, a third, followed them, crying with a loud voice, “Those who worship the beast and its image and receive the brand on their foreheads or on their hands,

Revelation 16:1

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

Revelation 16:11

and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, and they did not repent of their deeds.

Revelation 8:7

The first angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were hurled to the earth, and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

1 Samuel 5:6

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and struck them with tumors, both in Ashdod and in its territory.

1 Samuel 5:9

But after they had brought it to Gath, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing a very great panic; he struck the inhabitants of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.