Revelation 17:18
16 And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
17 For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
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 the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”
- KJV
- And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
- WEB
- The woman whom you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
- ASV
- And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
- DARBY
- And the woman which thou sawest is the great city, which has kingship over the kings of the earth.
- BLB
- And the woman whom you saw is the great city, the one having kingship over the kings of the earth.”
- ÅB
- Og kvinnen som du så, er den store by som har kongedømme over kongene på jorden.
- OTB
- Kvinnen du så, er den store byen som har kongedømme over jordens konger.»
- B1930
- Og kvinnen som du så, er den store by som har kongedømme over kongene på jorden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 16:19
The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
Read in contextRevelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
Read in contextDaniel 7:23
This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it.
Read in contextDaniel 2:40–41
Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.
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