Revelation 2:9

⁷ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

⁸ To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.

I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

¹⁰ Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹¹ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

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: I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
KJV: I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
WEB: “I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
ASV: I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they art not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
DARBY: I know thy tribulation and thy poverty; but thou art rich; and the railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan.
BLB: I know your tribulation and poverty—but you are rich—and the slander of those claiming themselves to be Jews and are not, but [are] a synagogue of Satan.

ÅB: Jeg vet om din trengsel og din fattigdom - men du er rik - og spotten fra dem som sier de er jøder, og ikke er det, men er Satans synagoge.
OTB: Jeg kjenner din trengsel og din fattigdom—men du er rik! Jeg vet om baktalelsen fra dem som sier de er jøder og ikke er det, men er en Satans synagoge.
B1930: Jeg vet om din trengsel og din fattigdom - men du er rik - og spotten fra dem som sier de er jøder, og ikke er det, men er Satans synagoge.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 3:9
Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.
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James 2:5–6
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
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2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
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Romans 9:6
It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
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2 Corinthians 6:10
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
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Romans 2:28–29
A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor is circumcision only outward and physical.
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1 Timothy 6:18
Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
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Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
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