Revelation 11:5

³ And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

⁴ These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

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.

⁶ These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

⁷ When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill 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.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
WEB: If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.
ASV: And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed.
DARBY: and if any one wills to injure them, fire goes out of their mouth, and devours their enemies. And if any one wills to injure them, thus must he be killed.
BLB: And if anyone should want to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone should want to harm them, thus it is necessary for him to be killed.

ÅB: Og dersom noen vil gjøre dem skade, da går det ild ut av deres munn og fortærer deres fiender; ja, dersom noen vil gjøre dem skade, da skal han drepes på den måte.
OTB: Hvis noen forsøker å skade dem, går det ild ut fra deres munn og fortærer deres fiender. Slik må enhver som ønsker å skade dem bli drept.
B1930: Og dersom nogen vil gjøre dem skade, da går det ild ut av deres munn og fortærer deres fiender; ja, dersom nogen vil gjøre dem skade, da skal han drepes på den måte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 5:14
Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
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2 Kings 1:10–12
Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
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Hosea 6:5
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
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Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
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Numbers 16:28–35
Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
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Psalms 18:8
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
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Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
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Zechariah 2:8
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
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