Revelation 16:4
Good News Translation
Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.

New Revised Standard Version
The third angel poured his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.

Contemporary English Version
The third angel emptied his bowl into the rivers and streams. At once they turned to blood.

New American Bible
The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water. These also turned to blood.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers and the fountains of waters. And there was made blood.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers and the fountains of waters. And there was made blood.

upon.

Revelation 8:10,11 And the third angel sounded the trumpet: and a great star fell from heaven, burning as it were a torch. And it fell on the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters: . . .

and they.

Revelation 16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying: Thou art just, O Lord, who art and who wast, the Holy One, because thou hast judged these things.

Revelation 14:7 Saying with a loud voice: Fear the Lord and give him honour, because the hour of his judgment is come. And adore ye him that made heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of waters.

Exodus 7:20 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded: and lifting up the rod, he struck the water of the river before Pharao and his servants: and it was turned into blood.

Exodus 8:5 And the Lord said to Moses: Say to Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand upon the streams, and upon the rivers and the pools, and bring forth frogs upon the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 50:2 Because I came, and there was not a man: I called, and there was none that would hear. Is my hand shortened and become little, that I cannot redeem? or is there no strength in me to deliver? Behold at my rebuke I will make the sea a desert, I will turn the rivers into dry land: the fishes shall rot for want of water, and shall die for thirst.

Ezekiel 35:8 And I will fill his mountains with his men that are slain: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in thy torrents they shall fall that are slain with the sword.

Hosea 13:15 Because he shall make a separation between brothers: the Lord will bring a burning wind that shall rise from the desert, and it shall dry up his springs, and shall make his fountain desolate, and he shall carry off the treasure of every desirable vessel.

Context
The First Six Bowls of Wrath
3And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea. And there came blood as it were of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. 4And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers and the fountains of waters. And there was made blood. 5And I heard the angel of the waters saying: Thou art just, O Lord, who art and who wast, the Holy One, because thou hast judged these things.…
Cross References
Exodus 7:17
Thus therefore saith the Lord: In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold I will strike with the rod, that is in my hand, the water of the river, and it shall be turned into blood.

Psalm 78:44
And he turned their rivers into blood, and their showers that they might not drink.

Revelation 8:10
And the third angel sounded the trumpet: and a great star fell from heaven, burning as it were a torch. And it fell on the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters:

Revelation 11:6
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: And they have power over waters, to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Revelation 16:3
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