Revelation 12:16

New American Bible - revised edition

But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth and swallowed the flood that the dragon spewed out of its mouth.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:6

Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.

2 Kings 8:9

Hazael went to visit him, carrying a present, and with forty camel loads of the best goods of Damascus. On his arrival, he stood before Elisha and said, “Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you to ask, ‘Will I recover from my sickness?’”

Matthew 23:24

Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!

Revelation 12:15

The serpent, however, spewed a torrent of water out of his mouth after the woman to sweep her away with the current.

Revelation 12:17

Then the dragon became angry with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring, those who keep God’s commandments and bear witness to Jesus.