¹²And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon ^jthe great river Euphrates; and ^kthe water thereof was dried up, that ^lthe way of the kings of the east might be prepared. ¹³And I saw three ^munclean spirits like ⁿfrogs come out of the mouth of ^othe dragon, and out of the mouth of ^pthe beast, and out of the mouth of ^q^sthe false prophet. ¹⁴For they are ^rthe spirits of devils, ^s^tworking miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of ^uthe whole world, ^vto gather them to the battle of ^wthat great day of God ^xAlmighty. ¹⁵Behold, I come ^yas a thief. ^zBlessed is he that ^zwatcheth, and ^akeepeth his garments, ^blest he walk naked, and ^b^cthey see ^dhis shame. ¹⁶And ^ehe gathered them together into a place called ^fin the Hebrew tongue ^gArmageddon.

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Footnotes

jSee ch. 9:14.
kSee Isai. 44:27.
lSee Isai. 41:2. Comp. ch. 7:2.
mch. 18:2 (Gk.). Comp. 1 John 4:1.
oSee ch. 12:3.
pSee ch. 13:1.
qch. 19:20. & 20:10. So ch. 13:11, 14.
sSee Matt. 24:24.
r 1 Tim. 4:1. Comp. ch. 20:3.
sSee Matt. 24:24.
tch. 13:14. & 19:20. See ch. 12:1 marg.
uSee Matt. 24:14.
vch. 20:8. So ch. 17:14. & 19:19.
wSee ch. 6:17.
xver. 7.
ych. 3:3. See Matt. 24:43.
zSee Matt. 24:42, 46.
zSee Matt. 24:42, 46.
aComp. Cant. 5:3.
bSo 2 Cor. 5:3. ch. 3:18.
bSo 2 Cor. 5:3. ch. 3:18.
c Luke 12:20 marg.
dSo 1 Cor. 12:23 (Gk.).
ech. 19:19.
fSee ch. 9:11.
gSee Judg. 5:19. Comp. Zech. 12:11.

Cross references

n Ex. 8:6.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. (“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”) And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.

“Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”

Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east. Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet. For they are demonic spirits performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God, the Almighty. “Look, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who is alert and remains clothed so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame.” So they assembled the kings at the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River, and it dried up so that the kings from the east could march their armies toward the west without hindrance. And I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs leap from the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. They are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the Lord on that great judgment day of God the Almighty.

“Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.”

And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, in order that the way would be prepared for the kings from the east. And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet three unclean spirits like frogs. For they are the spirits of demons performing signs that go out to the kings of the whole inhabited world, to gather them for the battle of the great day of God the All-Powerful. (Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who is on the alert and who keeps his clothing, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his shamefulness!) And he gathered them to the place called in Hebrew Armageddon.