Revelation 18:20

Revelation 18:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
• New International Version (NIV)“Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!”

Context of Revelation 18:20

18as they watched the smoke from her burning and kept crying out, “Who was like the great city?” 19They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning, Woe, woe, the great city, where all those who have ships on the sea became rich from her wealth; for in a single hour she was destroyed. Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced on her the judgment she passed on you! 21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, In this way, Babylon the great city will be thrown down violently and never be found again. 22The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again; no craftsman of any trade will ever be found in you again; the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again;

Revelation 18:20 word by word

εὐφραίνου ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ, οὐρανὲ καὶ οἱ ἅγιοι καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ προφῆται, ὅτι ἔκρινεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ κρίμα ὑμῶν ἐξ αὐτῆς.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Rejoiceεὐφραίνωeuphrainō · to celebrateG2165
• overἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• holyἅγιοςhagios · holy: saintG40
• apostlesἀπόστολοςapostolos · apostleG652
• prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hathκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• avengedκρίμαkrima · judgmentG2917
• youσύsu · youG4771
• onἐκek ex · out fromG1537

Cross-references for Revelation 18:20

• Revelation 19:1After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,
• Judges 5:31Lord, may all your enemies perish as Sisera did. But may those who love him be like the rising of the sun in its strength. And the land had peace for forty years.
• Psalms 48:11Mount Zion is glad. Judah’s villages rejoice because of your judgments.
• Psalms 58:10The righteous one will rejoice when he sees the retribution; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
• Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and all that fills it resound.
• Psalms 107:42The upright see it and rejoice, and all injustice shuts its mouth.
• Psalms 109:28Though they curse, you will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but your servant will rejoice.
• Proverbs 11:10When the righteous thrive, a city rejoices; when the wicked die, there is joyful shouting.
• Isaiah 44:23Rejoice, heavens, for the Lord has acted; shout, depths of the earth. Break out into singing, mountains, forest, and every tree in it. For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and glorifies himself through Israel.
• Isaiah 49:13Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice! Mountains break into joyful shouts! For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
• Jeremiah 51:47Therefore, look, the days are coming when I will punish Babylon’s carved images. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
• Ephesians 2:20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
• Ephesians 3:5This was not made known to people in other generations as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:
• Ephesians 4:11And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers,
• 2 Peter 3:2so that you recall the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the command of our Lord and Savior given through your apostles.
• Jude 1:17But you, dear friends, remember what was predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Commentaries on Revelation 18:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Rejoice over her, thou heaven - This is grand and sublime; the fall of this bad city was cause of grief to bad men. But as this city was a persecutor of the godly, and an enemy to the works of God, angels, apostles, and prophets are called to rejoice over her fall.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Rejoice over her - Over her ruin. There is a strong contrast between this language and what precedes. Kings, merchants, and seamen, who had been countenanced and sustained by her in the indulgence of corrupt passions, or who had been enriched by traffic with her, would have occasion to mourn. But not so they who had been persecuted by her. Not so the church of the redeemed. Not so heaven itself. The great oppressor of the church, and the corrupter of the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-24Verses 20-24 That which is matter of rejoicing to the servants of God on earth, is matter of rejoicing to the angels in heaven. The apostles, who are honoured and daily worshipped at Rome in an idolatrous manner, will rejoice in her fall. The fall of Babylon was an act of God's justice. And because it was a final ruin, this enemy should never molest them any more; of this they were assured by a sign. Let us take warning from the things which brought…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20The laments (Revelation 18:9–19) prompt a call for heaven to rejoice. The people of God should not grieve because the judgment was for them. They had suffered persecution from the evil forces symbolized by the great city.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. holy apostles--So C reads. But A, B, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, and Andreas read, "Ye saints and ye apostles." avenged you on her--Greek, "judged your judgment on (literally, exacting it from) her." "There is more joy in heaven at the harlot's downfall than at that of the two beasts. For the most heinous of all sin is the sin of those who know God's word of grace, and keep it not. The worldliness of the Church is the most worldly of all worldliness…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Fill
• Foul
• Mighty
• Thy
• Avenge; Avenger
• Babylon in the New Testament
• Bishop
• Damn; Damnation; Damnable

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