Revelation 12:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But the earth came to the help of the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:6

The 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

So Hazael went to meet him, taking a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camel loads. When he entered and stood before him, he said, “Your son King Ben-hadad of Aram has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this illness?’ ”

Matthew 23:24

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!

Revelation 12:15

Then from his mouth the serpent poured water like a river after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood.

Revelation 12:17

Then the dragon was angry with the woman and went off to wage war on the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus.