Revelation 16:21 New English Translation
21 And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a 100 pounds[a] each, fell from heaven[b] on people,[c] but they[d] blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it[e] was so horrendous.[f]
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- Revelation 16:21 tn Here BDAG 988 s.v. ταλαντιαῖος states, “weighing a talent…χάλαζα μεγάλη ὡς ταλαντιαία a severe hailstorm with hailstones weighing a talent (the talent=125 librae, or Roman pounds of c. 343 gr. or 12 ounces each) (weighing about a 100 pounds NRSV) Rv 16:21.” This means each hailstone would weigh just under 100 pounds or 40 kilograms.
- Revelation 16:21 tn Or “the sky.” Due to the apocalyptic nature of this book, it is probably best to leave the translation as “from heaven,” since God is ultimately the source of the judgment.
- Revelation 16:21 tn Grk “on men,” but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used here in a generic sense to refer to people in general (the hailstones did not single out adult males, but would have also fallen on women and children).
- Revelation 16:21 tn Grk “the men”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun “they” is used here.
- Revelation 16:21 tn Grk “the plague of it.”
- Revelation 16:21 tn Grk “since the plague of it was exceedingly great.”
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