Darby Bible Translation

English Standard Version

The First Six Bowls of Wrath

And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go and pour out the seven bowls of the fury of God upon the earth.

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The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath

Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

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And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there came an evil and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and those who worshipped its image.

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So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

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And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became blood, as of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.

3

The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea.

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And the third poured out his bowl on the rivers, and [on] the fountains of waters; and they became blood.

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The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.

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And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Thou art righteous, who art and wast, the holy one, that thou hast judged so;

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And I heard the angel in charge of the watersa say,
“Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was,
for you brought these judgments.

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for they have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy.

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For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,
and you have given them blood to drink.
It is what they deserve!”

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And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments.

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And I heard the altar saying,
“Yes, Lord God the Almighty,
true and just are your judgments!”

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And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun; and it was given to it to burn men with fire.

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The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.

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And the men were burnt with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and did not repent to give him glory.

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They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursedb the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

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And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and its kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues with distress,

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The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish

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and blasphemed the God of the heaven for their distresses and their sores, and did not repent of their works.

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and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.

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And the sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings from the rising of the sun might be prepared.

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The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

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And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as frogs;

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And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.

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for they are [the] spirits of demons, doing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole habitable world to gather them together to the war of [that] great day of God the Almighty.

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For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

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(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watches and keeps his garments, that he may not walk naked, and that they [may not] see his shame.)

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(“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)

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And he gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armagedon.

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And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

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The Seventh Bowl of Wrath

And the seventh poured out his bowl on the air; and there came out a great voice from the temple of the heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

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The Seventh Bowl

The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”

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And there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, such an earthquake, so great.

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And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings,c peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake.

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And the great city was [divided] into three parts; and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon was remembered before God to give her the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

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The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.

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And every island fled, and mountains were not found;

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And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found.

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and a great hail, as of a talent weight, comes down out of the heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, for the plague of it is exceeding great.

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And great hailstones, about one hundred poundsd each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.

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Revelation 16

Revelation 16