Bible verse
But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.
Revelation 12:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Revelation 12.
12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
13 And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
15 Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
16 But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.
17 And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
KJV
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
ASV
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
ERV
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
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