Revelation 12:15 (LSB)

Passage

And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

Nearby Context

Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.

Revelation 12:14 But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.

Revelation 12:15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.

Revelation 12:16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.

Revelation 12:17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman and went off to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the witness of Jesus.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "serpent", "poured", "water", "like", "river", "mouth", "after", and "woman". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "serpent" and "poured", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "But the two wings of the great..." into verse 16's "But the earth helped the woman and...", so "serpent" and "poured" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "serpent" and "poured" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.