Revelation 12:15 Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent.

English Standard Version
The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.

New American Standard Bible
And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away in a torrent.

International Standard Version
From its mouth the serpent spewed water like a river behind the woman in order to sweep her away with the flood.

American Standard Version
And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman, water as it were a river; that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.

Darby Bible Translation
And the serpent cast out of his mouth behind the woman water as a river, that he might make her be as one carried away by a river.

Young's Literal Translation
and the serpent did cast forth after the woman, out of his mouth, water as a river, that he may cause her to be carried away by the river,

Cross References

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yes, has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Revelation 12:16
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.

Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

12:12-17 The church and all her friends might well be called to praise God for deliverance from pagan persecution, though other troubles awaited her. The wilderness is a desolate place, and full of serpents and scorpions, uncomfortable and destitute of provisions; yet a place of safety, as well as where one might be alone. But being thus retired could not protect the woman. The flood of water is explained by many to mean the invasions of barbarians, by which the western empire was overwhelmed; for the heathen encouraged their attacks, in the hope of destroying Christianity. But ungodly men, for their worldly interests, protected the church amidst these tumults, and the overthrow of the empire did not help the cause of idolatry. Or, this may be meant of a flood of error, by which the church of God was in danger of being overwhelmed and carried away. The devil, defeated in his designs upon the church, turns his rage against persons and places. Being faithful to God and Christ, in doctrine, worship, and practice, exposes to the rage of Satan; and will do so till the last enemy shall be destroyed.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

15, 16. flood—Greek, "river" (compare Ex 2:3; Mt 2:20; and especially Ex 14:1-31). The flood, or river, is the stream of Germanic tribes which, pouring on Rome, threatened to destroy Christianity. But the earth helped the woman, by swallowing up the flood. The earth, as contradistinguished from water, is the world consolidated and civilized. The German masses were brought under the influence of Roman civilization and Christianity [Auberlen]. Perhaps it includes also, generally, the help given by earthly powers (those least likely, yet led by God's overruling providence to give help) to the Church against persecutions and also heresies, by which she has been at various times assailed.