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Revelation 18:6

Justice

4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

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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
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
KJV
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
WEB
Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.
ASV
Render unto her even as she rendered, and double [unto her] the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.
DARBY
Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double [to her] double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.
BLB
Render to her as she also rendered; and double to [her] double according to her works. In the cup that she mixed, mix double to her.
ÅB
Gi henne igjen som hun har gitt, og gjengjeld henne dobbelt etter hennes gjerninger! Skjenk henne dobbelt i det beger hun har iskjenket!
OTB
Gjengjeld henne som hun har gjengjeldt;
betal henne dobbelt i henhold til hennes gjerninger.
I det begeret hun har blandet, bland for henne en dobbel porsjon.
B1930
Gi henne igjen som hun har gitt, og gjengjeld henne dobbelt efter hennes gjerninger! Skjenk henne dobbelt i det beger hun har iskjenket!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 50:29

    Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Psalms 137:8

    O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

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  • Jeremiah 51:24

    And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 50:15

    Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

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  • Revelation 14:10

    The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

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  • Revelation 16:19

    And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

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  • Zechariah 9:12

    Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;

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  • Jeremiah 16:18

    And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

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