| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. | 1Then I heard a mighty voice from the Temple say to the seven angels, “Go your ways and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.” |
| 2And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. | 2So the first angel left the Temple and poured out his bowl on the earth, and horrible, malignant sores broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. |
| 3And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. | 3Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse. And everything in the sea died. |
| 4And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. | 4Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs, and they became blood. |
| 5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. | 5And I heard the angel who had authority over all water saying, “You are just, O Holy One, who is and who always was, because you have sent these judgments. |
| 6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. | 6Since they shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is their just reward.” |
| 7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. | 7And I heard a voice from the altar, saying, “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, your judgments are true and just.” |
| 8And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. | 8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, causing it to scorch everyone with its fire. |
| 9And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. | 9Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over all these plagues. They did not repent of their sins and turn to God and give him glory. |
| 10And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, | 10Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. His subjects ground their teeth in anguish, |
| 11And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. | 11and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they did not repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. |
| 12And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. | 12Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River, and it dried up so that the kings from the east could march their armies toward the west without hindrance. |
| 13And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. | 13And I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs leap from the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. |
| 14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. | 14They are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the Lord on that great judgment day of God the Almighty. |
| 15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. | 15 “Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.” |
| 16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. | 16And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon . |
| 17And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. | 17Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. And a mighty shout came from the throne in the Temple, saying, “It is finished!” |
| 18And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. | 18Then the thunder crashed and rolled, and lightning flashed. And a great earthquake struck—the worst since people were placed on the earth. |
| 19And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. | 19The great city of Babylon split into three sections, and the cities of many nations fell into heaps of rubble. So God remembered all of Babylon’s sins, and he made her drink the cup that was filled with the wine of his fierce wrath. |
| 20And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. | 20And every island disappeared, and all the mountains were leveled. |
| 21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. | 21There was a terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing as much as seventy-five pounds fell from the sky onto the people below. They cursed God because of the terrible plague of the hailstorm. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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