Revelation 18:7

Revelation 18:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, ‘I sit enthroned as queen. I am not a widow; I will never mourn.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’

Context of Revelation 18:7

5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6Give 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. As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ 8Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” 9Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.

Revelation 18:7 word by word

ὅσα ἐδόξασεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐστρηνίασεν, τοσοῦτον δότε αὐτῇ βασανισμὸν καὶ πένθος, ὅτι ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς λέγει ὅτι κάθημαι βασίλισσα καὶ χήρα οὐκ εἰμὶ καὶ πένθος οὐ μὴ ἴδω.¶Read the interlinear

• As much asὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• she has glorifiedδοξάζωdoxazō · to glorifyG1392
• herselfαὑτοῦhautou · /him/herselfG848
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• lived in luxuryστρηνιάωstrēniaō · to revelG4763
• giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the same measureτοσοῦτοςtosoutos · so greatG5118
• of tormentβασανισμόςbasanismos · tormentG929
• griefπένθοςpenthos · griefG3997
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• she saysλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• I sitκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
• queenβασίλισσαbasilissa · queenG938
• I amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• notοὐou · noG3756
• a widowχήραchēra · widowG5503
• will neverμήmē · notG3361
• seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708

Cross-references for Revelation 18:7

• Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
• Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
• Zephaniah 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
• Psalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
• Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
• Isaiah 47:7You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
• Lamentations 1:1How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

Commentaries on Revelation 18:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7How much she hath glorified herself - By every act of transgression and sinful pampering of the body she has been preparing for herself a suitable and proportionate punishment.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7How much she hath glorified herself - Been proud, boastful, arrogant. This was true of ancient Babylon, that she was proud and haughty; and it has been no less true of mystical Babylon - papal Rome. And lived deliciously - By as much as she has lived in luxury and dissoluteness, so let her suffer now. The word used here and rendered “lived deliciously” - ̓́ estrēniasen- is derived from the noun - ͂ strēnos- which is used in Revelation 18:3, and rendered…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7I sit as queen: Compare Ezekiel 28:1–2.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. How much--that is in proportion as. lived deliciously--luxuriously: see on Re 18:3, where the Greek is akin. sorrow--Greek, "mourning," as for a dead husband. I sit--so Vulgate. But A, B, and C prefix "that." I ... am no widow--for the world power is my husband and my supporter. shall see no sorrow--Greek, "mourning." "I am seated (this long time) ... I am no widow ... I shall see no sorrow," marks her complete unconcerned security as to the past…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 18:7

• Confidence
• Pride
• Security

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Commentaries on Revelation 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings