Revelation 16:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.”
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“Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the fourth messenger did pour out his vial upon the sun, and there was given to him to scorch men with fire,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 16:8 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 24:23The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
- Jonah 4:8As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
- Matthew 13:6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- Luke 21:25There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
- Acts 2:20The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
- Revelation 6:12And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
- Revelation 7:16‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- Revelation 8:12Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.
- Revelation 9:2The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
- Revelation 9:17Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
- Revelation 14:18Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”
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