Revelation 16:2

Translations

Modern

So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And the first departed and poured out his bowl into the earth, and an evil and grievous sore came upon the men having the mark of the beast and those worshiping its image.

Latin

Et abiit primus, et effudit phialam suam in terram, et factum est vulnus sævum et pessimum in homines, qui habebant caracterem bestiæ, et in eos qui adoraverunt imaginem ejus.

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English

So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and loathsome, malignant sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

Notes

Revelation 16:2

The harmful sores remind us of the sixth plague in Egypt (Exodus 9:9–11).
mark of the beast: See Revelation 13:13–17; 14:9–10.

Revelation 16:1–21

These seven bowls filled with God's wrath symbolize the final judgments on the world. With the seventh bowl, a voice from God's throne shouts, It is done! (Revelation 16:17; compare John 19:30).

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Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
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…and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.
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The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
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The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
Exodus 9:8–11
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.
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And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
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But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
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Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
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…the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
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Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
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And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.

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Armageddon Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Book of Revelation Lucifer Mark of God, Mark of the Beast

Topics

Animals: Beasts Symbolical Mark of the Beast Temple: Sending Forth the Forces of Righteousness Against the Powers of Evil Vision of John on the Island of Patmos: The Plague Upon the Men Who had the Mark of the Beast

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