Revelation 16:3

And the second agent poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like of a dead man, and every living soul in the sea died.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

2And the first went and poured out his bowl into the earth, and a bad and evil sore developed upon the men who have the mark of the beast and who worship its image.

4And the third agent poured out his bowl into the rivers and into the springs of the waters, and they became blood.

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Cross References

Exodus 7:17Thus says LORD, In this thou shall know that I am LORD. Behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.

Psalms 105:29He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.

Revelation 8:8And the second agent sounded, and something like a great burning mountain was cast into the sea. And the third part of the sea became blood,

Revelation 11:6These men have authority to shut the sky, so that it may not rain the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they may desire.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 16:2-8

The Seven Vials. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And 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. 2 And 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. 3 And 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. 4 And the… Read the whole commentary →

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