Revelation 12:16

And the earth succoured the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed the river which the dragon had cast forth from his mouth.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

In Context

15And the serpent cast forth from his mouth after the woman waters like a river, as that she might be carried off by the river which he would make.

17And the dragon raged against the woman, and went to make war with those of the rest of her seed which kept the commandments of Aloha, and had the testimony of Jeshu.

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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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