The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
- NKJV So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.
- NASB And the serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.
- NLT Then the dragon tried to drown the woman with a flood of water that flowed from his mouth.
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- Isa 8:7now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.
- Ps 18:4The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
- Isa 59:19So shall they fear Yahweh’s name from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which Yahweh’s breath drives.
- Ps 65:7who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.
- Ps 93:3–4The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
- Isa 28:2Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.
- Rev 17:15He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
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