Revelation 12:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Revelation 12:16 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the land did help the woman, and the land did open its mouth and did swallow up the river, that the dragon did cast forth out of his mouth;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 12:16 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 12:35Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
- 1 Kings 17:6The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
- 2 Kings 8:9So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).