Rev 16:3 | RWP | e4.org | Into the sea ( εις την θαλασσαν ). Like the first Egyptian plague ( ) though only the Nile affected then. Blood as of a dead man ( αιμα ως νεκρου ). At the trumpet ( ) the water becomes wormwood. Here ως νεκρου is added to , "the picture of a murdered man weltering in his blood" (Swete). "Coagulated blood, fatal to animal life" (Moffatt). Every living soul ( πασα ψυχη ζωης ). "Every soul of life" (Hebraism, , marked by life). Even the things that were in the sea ( τα εν τη θαλασση ). "The things in the sea," in apposition with ψυχη . Complete destruction, not partial as in .

‏ Revelation of John 16:3

Into the sea ( εις την θαλασσαν ). Like the first Egyptian plague (Ex 7:12-41) though only the Nile affected then.

Blood as of a dead man ( αιμα ως νεκρου ). At the trumpet (8:11) the water becomes wormwood. Here ως νεκρου is added to Ex 7:19, "the picture of a murdered man weltering in his blood" (Swete). "Coagulated blood, fatal to animal life" (Moffatt).

Every living soul ( πασα ψυχη ζωης ). "Every soul of life" (Hebraism, Ge 1:21, marked by life).

Even the things that were in the sea ( τα εν τη θαλασση ). "The things in the sea," in apposition with ψυχη. Complete destruction, not partial as in 8:9.