Revelation 12:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.”

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BSBPD

“Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Revelation 12:15 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
  2. Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
  3. Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
  4. Isaiah 8:7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
  5. Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
  6. Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
  7. Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.

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