Revelation 16:21 · measurement explained
Hailstones about one talent each
The seventh-bowl vision portrays extraordinarily severe hail, with individual stones compared to a talent in weight.
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Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague was exceedingly severe.
World English Bible · engwebp-source-2026-09-12
Modern measurement range
About one talent
33–36 kg
72.75–79.37 lb
Using the talent by weight estimate. Standards changed across cultures and centuries. In parables, the mass equivalent illustrates scale but is not a modern cash valuation.
Calculate another amount →The kilogram range expresses the image's terrifying scale without turning apocalyptic description into a meteorological forecast.
What this conversion does—and does not—show
It gives a defensible modern scale for the amount stated in the verse. Ancient standards varied by time and place, so the endpoints are deliberately approximate. A volume is not a food mass, a metal weight is not a modern cash value, and a conversion does not settle a textual, archaeological, or theological debate.
Conversion references: ESV weights and measures ↗, American Bible Society ↗, and Encyclopedia of the Bible ↗. Reference pages accessed October 10, 2026.