Apocalypse 16:4
And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers and the fountains of waters; and there was made blood.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et tertius effudit phialam suam super flumina, et super fontes aquarum, et factus est sanguis.
- Greek New Testament (SBLGNT)
- Καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἐξέχεεν τὴν φιάλην αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς ποταμοὺς καὶ τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων· καὶ ἐγένετο αἷμα.
Haydock's commentary
Upon the rivers. That is, on the Roman provinces in Italy, and Rome itself. This is the last stroke employed by the Almighty for the total destruction of Rome. The divine judgment being executed, the Angel of the waters, that is, the Angel that presided over the Roman states, cries out, (ver. 5, 6.) thou art just, &c. (Pastorini)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.