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Revelation 18:7
7So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:
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 have been heaped on one another up to the heaven, and God has remembered her unrighteousnesses. 6Recompense 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. So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief: 8for this reason in one day shall her plagues come, death and grief and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for strong [is the] Lord God who has judged her. 9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication, and lived luxuriously with her, shall weep and wail over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
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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
- muchὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
- glorifiedδοξάζωdoxazō · to glorifyG1392
- tormentβασανισμόςbasanismos · tormentG929
- giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- saysλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- sitκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
- queenβασίλισσαbasilissa · queenG938
- amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- widowχήραchēra · widowG5503
- seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
Cross-references for Revelation 18:7
- Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
- Isaiah 47:1Come down and sit in the dust, virgin-daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground, — [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
- Ezekiel 28:2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit [in] the seat of God, in the heart of the seas, (and thou art a man, and not God,) and thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:
- Zephaniah 2:15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt in security, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none else beside me: how is she become a desolation, a couching-place for beasts! Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, shall wave his hand.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
- Psalms 45:9Kings' daughters are among thine honourable women; upon thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
- Jeremiah 13:18Say unto the king and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down low; for from your heads shall come down the crown of your magnificence.
- Isaiah 47:7and thou saidst, I shall be a mistress for ever; so that thou didst not take these things to heart, thou didst not remember the end thereof.
- Lamentations 1:1How doth the city sit solitary [that] was full of people! She that was great among the nations is become as a widow; the princess among the provinces is become tributary!
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
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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
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