Revelation 16:8 “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given…”

Revelation 16:8

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

Other translations

King James Version

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

World English Bible

The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.

American Standard Version

And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the fourth Angel powred out his viall on the sunne, and it was giuen vnto him to torment men with heate of fire,

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And the fourth messenger did pour out his vial upon the sun, and there was given to him to scorch men with fire,

Bible in Basic English

And the fourth let what was in his vessel come out on the sun; and power was given to it that men might be burned with fire.

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Cross references

“upon”

Luke 21:25 Acts 2:20 Revelation 6:12 Revelation 8:12 Revelation 9:2 Isaiah 24:23

Luke 21:25 · BSB

There 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 2:20 · BSB

The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

Revelation 6:12 · BSB

And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

Revelation 8:12 · BSB

Then 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 9:2 · BSB

The 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.

Isaiah 24:23 · BSB

The 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.

“and power”

Revelation 14:18 Jonah 4:8 Revelation 7:16 Matthew 13:6 Revelation 9:17 Revelation 9:18

Revelation 14:18 · BSB

Still 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 ea…

Jonah 4:8 · BSB

As 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.”

Revelation 7:16 · BSB

‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’

Matthew 13:6 · BSB

But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

Revelation 9:17 · BSB

Now 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,…

Revelation 9:18 · BSB

A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”

9And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory.

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