Revelation 11:10

⁸ Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.

⁹ For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.

¹¹ But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

¹² And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
KJV: And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
WEB: Those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
ASV: And they that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth.
DARBY: And they that dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and are full of delight, and shall send gifts one to another, because these, the two prophets, tormented them that dwell upon the earth.
BLB: And those dwelling upon the earth rejoice over them and make merry, and they will send gifts to one another because these two prophets tormented those dwelling upon the earth.

ÅB: Og de som bor på jorden, skal glede seg over dem og fryde seg, og de skal sende gaver til hverandre, fordi disse to profeter var til plage for dem som bor på jorden.
OTB: Jordens innbyggere vil glede seg over dem og være glade, sende gaver til hverandre, fordi disse to profetene hadde plaget dem som bor på jorden.
B1930: Og de som bor på jorden, skal glede sig over dem og fryde sig, og de skal sende gaver til hverandre, fordi disse to profeter var til plage for dem som bor på jorden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Kings 18:17
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
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Acts 7:54–57
On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
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Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
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1 Kings 22:8
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
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Revelation 11:5–6
If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
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John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
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Psalms 35:24–26
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
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Micah 7:8
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
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