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Revelation 16:21

And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.

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ASV

And great hail, every stone about the weight of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof is exceeding great.

KJV

And 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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
χάλαζαchalazaa hailG5464 →
μεγάληmegalēgreatG3173 →
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καταβαίνειkatabaineicomes downG2597 →
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οὐρανοῦouranouheavenG3772 →
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ἀνθρώπους.anthrōpousmen.G444 →
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ἐβλασφήμησανeblasphēmēsanblasphemedG987 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
ἄνθρωποιanthrōpoimenG444 →
τὸνton<the>G3588 →
θεὸνtheonGodG2316 →
ἐκekon account ofG1537 →
τῆςtēstheG3588 →
πληγῆςplēgēsplagueG4127 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
χαλάζης,chalazēshail,G5464 →
ὅτιhotiforG3754 →
μεγάληmegalēsevereG3173 →
ἐστὶνestinisG1510 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
πληγὴplēgēplagueG4127 →
αὐτῆςautēsof itG846 →
σφόδρα.¶sphodraexceedingly.G4970 →

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Revelation 22:11Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”Revelation 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.Revelation 16:9And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.Joshua 10:11As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.Revelation 8:7Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.Revelation 16:11and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.Ezekiel 38:21–22And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.Isaiah 8:21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.Ezekiel 13:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.Ezekiel 13:11tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.Exodus 9:23–26So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.Exodus 9:22Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”Job 38:23which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?Ezekiel 38:22I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.Isaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.Psalms 18:12From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

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