Apocalipsis 16:10

Sagradas Escrituras

Y el quinto ángel derramó su copa sobre el trono de la bestia; y su reino fue hecho tenebroso, y se mordían sus lenguas de dolor;

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
El quinto ángel derramó su copa sobre el trono de la bestia; y su reino se quedó en tinieblas, y se mordían la lengua de dolor.

La Biblia Reina-Valera
Y el quinto �ngel derram� su copa sobre la silla de la bestia; y su reino se hizo tenebroso, y se mord�an sus lenguas de dolor;

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Y el quinto �ngel derram� su copa sobre la silla de la bestia; y su reino se cubri� de tinieblas, y se mord�an sus lenguas de dolor;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

upon: Revelation 11:2, Revelation 11:8, Revelation 13:2-4, Revelation 17:9, Revelation 17:17, Revelation 18:2, Revelation 18:21, Revelation 18:23

full: Revelation 9:2, Revelation 18:11-19, Exodus 10:21-23, Psalms 78:49, Isaiah 8:21, Isaiah 8:22, Matthew 8:12, Matthew 22:13, 1 Peter 2:17

they: Revelation 11:10, Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50, Matthew 24:51, Luke 13:28

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:12 - General Exodus 10:22 - thick darkness Exodus 10:27 - General Deuteronomy 28:34 - General Job 3:4 - darkness Psalms 44:19 - in the Psalms 112:10 - gnash Proverbs 27:22 - General Isaiah 5:30 - if one look Amos 4:6 - yet Amos 5:20 - darkness Zechariah 14:12 - Their flesh Matthew 12:26 - his Revelation 11:13 - and the tenth Revelation 16:9 - blasphemed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast,.... The beast is the same with that in Revelation 13:1 and which again shows that to be one and the same: the seat or throne of the beast is Rome, which, when the empire was Pagan, was the seat of Satan, or the dragon, Revelation 2:13 and when the beast or antichrist was risen, the dragon gave this seat, as well as his authority to him,

Revelation 13:2 and is that city which is so often called, in this book, the great city, and is manifestly pointed out by its seven mountains, on which the city of Rome stood, Revelation 17:9 and the pouring out of this vial upon it denotes the destruction of it, when it will be burnt down, and become desolate, an habitation of devils, of every foul spirit, and hateful bird, Revelation 18:2 and this corresponds with the fifth trumpet; for as that brings in the rise of antichrist, both eastern and western, who rose much about the same time, so this vial affects him particularly; the western antichrist, his seat and kingdom. Mr. Daubuz refers this plague to the expulsion of the western and eastern emperors from their capital cities, Rome and Constantinople, and to the mischiefs caused by the antipopes in the west, and to the quarrels and schism in the Greek churches in the fourteenth century.

And his kingdom was full of darkness; not only of the darkness of false doctrine and superstition, for so it was always, being filled with the smoke of the bottomless pit; nor only of judicial blindness and darkness, which the subjects of the antichristian state are given up unto; but rather of a discovery of all this, with all their hidden works of darkness, which will now be brought to light; though it seems chiefly to design the great affliction and distress the antichristian state will be in at this time, which darkness sometimes signifies; see Isaiah 9:1 it having lost its sun, the pope, under the preceding vial, and its seat, the city of Rome, under this: the sense is, that it will be greatly obscured in its glory and magnificence, in its traffic and riches, Revelation 18:11 its power and authority will be greatly diminished, and it will be had in contempt by the princes of the earth; though it will not as yet be utterly destroyed, for its utter destruction is reserved for the seventh and last vial. The allusion is to the plague of darkness in Egypt, Exodus 10:21. And they gnawed their tongues for pain; these are the men of the antichristian party, the subjects of the antichristian kingdom, now become full of darkness, the worshippers of the beast, and his image; these will gnaw their tongues, which expresses their inward anguish and distress, their anger, wrath, and fury, their being filled with revenge, and yet in an incapacity to execute it, and will even be afraid to express it; and therefore will bite their tongues in madness; and this for pain, for the pain of their mind, at the sad and low estate of the antichristian kingdom.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast - The previous judgments had been preparatory to this. They all had a bearing on this, and were all preliminary to it; but the “seat” - the home, the center of the power of the beast - had not yet been reached. Here, however, there was a direct blow aimed at that power, still not such yet as to secure its final overthrow, for that is reserved for the pouring out of the last vial, Revelation 16:17-21. All that is represented here is a heavy judgment which was merely preliminary to to that final overthrow, but which affected the very seat of the beast. The phrase “the seat of the beast” - τὸν θρόνον τοῦ θηρίου ton thronon tou thēriou - means the “seat” or “throne” which the representative of that power occupied, the central point of the Anti-christian dominion. Compare the notes on Revelation 13:2. See also Revelation 2:13. I understand this as referring to the very seat of the papal power - Rome - the Vatican.

And his kingdom was full of darkness - Confusion - disorder - distress, for darkness is often the emblem of calamity, Isaiah 59:9-10; Jeremiah 13:16; Ezekiel 30:18; Ezekiel 32:7-8; Ezekiel 34:12; Joel 2:2.

And they gnawed their tongues for pain - This is a “most significant expression of the writhings of anguish.” The word rendered here “gnawed” does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament, nor is the expression elsewhere used in the Bible; but its meaning is plain - it indicates deep anguish.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 16:10. The seat of the beast — επι τον θρονον του θηριου Upon the throne of the wild beast. The regal family was smitten by the fourth vial; they did not repent: then the fifth angel pours out his vial on the throne of the wild beast, or antichristian idolatrous power.

Was full of darkness — Confusion, dismay, and distress.