Revelation 12:15

Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

In Context

14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

16But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.

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Cross References

Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.

Isaiah 8:7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 12:13-17

The Woman and the Dragon. ( a. d. 95.) 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for… Read the whole commentary →

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