Revelation 14:11

Revelation 14:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
• New International Version (NIV)And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

Context of Revelation 14:11

9A third angel followed the other two angels. He said in a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the wild animal and its idol, God will punish them. If anyone receives that animal's mark on their head or on their hand, God will punish them. 10God will be very angry with all those people. They will be like people who must drink God's strong wine. When they drink wine from the cup of God's anger, they will have terrible pain. Fire and sulphur will burn them. God's angels and the Lamb will watch while God punishes them. The smoke will rise for ever while they burn. They will have no rest during the day or during the night. This will happen to everyone who worships the wild animal and its image. It will happen to everyone who receives the mark which shows its name.’ 12This means that God's people must go on being patient and strong. They must continue to obey God's rules. They must continue to trust Jesus. 13Then I heard a voice that spoke from heaven. It said, ‘Write this: From this time, people who continue to believe in the Lord and then they die will be very happy.’ God's Spirit says, ‘Yes, they will rest from their work. God will not forget the good things that they have done.’

Revelation 14:11 word by word

καὶ ὁ καπνὸς τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῶν εἰς αἰῶνας αἰώνων ἀναβαίνει, καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἀνάπαυσιν ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς οἱ προσκυνοῦντες τὸ θηρίον καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἴ τις λαμβάνει τὸ χάραγμα τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the smokeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the smokeκαπνόςkapnos · smokeG2586
• of theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• tormentβασανισμόςbasanismos · tormentG929
• ascendeth upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• everαἰώνaiōn · an age: eternityG165
• they haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• noοὐou · noG3756
• restἀνάπαυσιςanapausis · restG372
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• nightνύξnux · nightG3571
• worshipπροσκυνέωproskuneō · to worshipG4352
• the beastθηρίονthērion · wild animalG2342
• imageεἰκώνeikōn · imageG1504
• ·εἰei · ifG1487
• whosoeverτιςtis · oneG5100
• receivethλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• the markχάραγμαcharagma · image/markG5480
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686

Cross-references for Revelation 14:11

• Revelation 18:18They will see the smoke from the fire that burns the city. Then they will shout, ‘There is no other city like this great city!’
• Revelation 19:3Then the crowd of people in heaven shouted again, ‘Praise the Lord our God! The smoke from the fire that burns that city will go up for ever.’
• Genesis 19:28He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley. He saw thick dark smoke that was rising from the land. It was the smoke from a big fire.
• Isaiah 33:14The sinners who live in Zion are afraid. The people who do not respect God shake with fear. They ask, ‘Who among us can stay alive? This is a fire that burns everything. Nobody can stop it from burning!’
• Isaiah 34:10That fire will burn through the days and the nights. Its smoke will always continue to rise up. The land will be empty from one century to the next. Nobody will ever travel through it again.
• Joel 2:30I will do strange things in the sky and on the earth. I will send blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
• Luke 16:23He went to Hades, the place for dead people. He was in a lot of pain there. He saw Abraham far away in heaven. He also saw Lazarus at Abraham's side.
• Revelation 4:9God sits on the throne and he is alive for ever. The four beings that are alive worship him and they thank him.
• Revelation 5:13Then I heard everything that is alive singing. That was everything in heaven and everything on the earth, and everything under the earth and everything in the sea. They were singing: ‘We praise the one who sits on the throne. We praise the one who is the Lamb. We say that they are great! We worship them! They have power to rule for ever!’
• Revelation 7:12They said: ‘This is true! We worship our God and we give him honour. He is completely wise. We thank him and we praise him. He has all power and authority for ever! Amen!’
• Revelation 11:15The seventh angel made a sound with his trumpet. Then there was the sound of loud voices in heaven. They shouted: ‘Our Lord God and his Messiah now have all authority! The whole world has become their kingdom. God will rule as King for ever!’
• Revelation 20:10The Devil had deceived those people. I saw God throw him into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur. That is the lake where he had already thrown the wild animal and the false prophet. They will have a lot of pain in that place, all day and all night for ever.
• Revelation 22:5There will be no more night, so nobody will need a lamp to make light. They will not need light from the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them. They will rule as kings for ever.
• Exodus 15:18The Lord will rule as king for ever!
• Psalms 10:16The Lord will rule as king for ever! The nations who do not serve him will not remain in his land.
• Psalms 145:1Always I will praise you, my God and my king, and I will say how great you are!

Commentaries on Revelation 14:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11The smoke of their torment - Still an allusion to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And the smoke of their torment - The smoke proceeding from their place of torment. This language is probably derived from the account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Genesis 19:28; “And he (Abraham) looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.” The destruction of these cities is regarded as an emblem of the destruction of the wicked, and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 The progress of the Reformation appears to be here set forth. The four proclamations are plain in their meaning; that all Christians may be encouraged, in the time of trial, to be faithful to their Lord. The gospel is the great means whereby men are brought to fear God, and to give glory to him. The preaching of the everlasting gospel shakes the foundations of antichrist in the world, and hastens its downfal. If any persist in being subject to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The third angel announces God's judgment (Revelation 14:7) on the false worship of the beast and his statue (see Revelation 13:12–18; 19:20; 20:4). God responds to the rebellion against his rule with anger, shown as a cup of bitter wine (see Revelation 16; 19:15). fire and sulfur … smoke: This description of judgment (see also Revelation 19:20; 20:10, 14–15) reminds us of God's judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18:16–19:28). Those condemned to a…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. for ever and ever--Greek, "unto ages of ages." no rest day nor night--Contrast the very different sense in which the same is said of the four living creatures in heaven, "They rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy"; yet they do "rest" in another sense; they rest from sin and sorrow, weariness and weakness, trial and temptation (Re 14:13); the lost have no rest from sin and Satan, terror, torment, and remorse.Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 14:11

• Anger
• Animals
• Hell
• Punishment
• Torments
• Vision
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Bless
• Cloud
• Eternal death
• Harp
• Thrust
• Torment
• Ascend
• Chaldea; Chaldeans
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Etam

Commentaries on Revelation 14

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings