Revelation 19:3

Revelation 19:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
• New International Version (NIV)And again they shouted: “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Once more they cried out, "Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Again they said, “Alleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!”

Context of Revelation 19:3

1After these things, I heard a sound like the voices of a great crowd of people in heaven. They were shouting, ‘Praise the Lord our God! He has saved us! He is very powerful! We say that he is great! 2Everything that he decides is right and fair. He has punished that great prostitute. She led people on the earth to do wicked things. She murdered God's servants with her own hands. But now God has punished her as she deserves.’ Then 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.’ 4The 24 leaders and the four beings that are alive then threw themselves down on the ground. They worshipped God, who was sitting on the throne. They said, ‘It is true! Praise the Lord God!’ 5Then a voice spoke from the throne. It said, ‘All of you who are God's servants, praise our God! All of you who respect God's power, worship him! Important people and ordinary people should worship him!’

Revelation 19:3 word by word

Καὶ δεύτερον εἴρηκαν· ἁλληλουϊά· καὶ ὁ καπνὸς αὐτῆς ἀναβαίνει εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• againδεύτεροςdeuteros · secondlyG1208
• they saidἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• Alleluiaἀλληλουϊαallēlouia · hallelujahG239
• herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• smokeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• smokeκαπνόςkapnos · smokeG2586
• rose upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• forεἰςeis · towardG1519
• everαἰώνaiōn · an age: eternityG165

Cross-references for Revelation 19:3

• Revelation 19:1After these things, I heard a sound like the voices of a great crowd of people in heaven. They were shouting, ‘Praise the Lord our God! He has saved us! He is very powerful! We say that he is great!
• Revelation 14:11The 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.’
• Revelation 18:9When all that happens, the kings on the earth will be very sad. They enjoyed the bad things that people did in that city. They had many expensive things so that they were happy. Now they will see the smoke from the fire that burns the city. As a result, they will cry and they will weep.
• 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 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.
• Jude 1:7Also, remember what happened to the cities called Sodom and Gomorrah, and the other cities that were near them. Like those bad angels, the people who lived in those places were also doing evil things. They were having sex with people who were not their husbands or their wives. They liked to have sex in other ways that are not right. God destroyed their cities. He has punished them with fire that never stops burning. That is an example of what will happen to wicked people like them.

Commentaries on Revelation 19:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Her smoke rose up - There was, and shall be, a continual evidence of God's judgments executed on this great whore or idolatrous city; nor shall it ever be restored.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And again they said, Alleluia - See the notes on Revelation 19:1. The event was so glorious and so important; the final destruction of the great enemy of the church was of so much moment in its bearing on the welfare of the world, as to call forth repeated expressions of praise. And her smoke rose up forever and ever - See the notes on Revelation 14:11. This is an image of final ruin; the image being derived probably from the description in Genesis of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Her smoke: God's people praise him again when they see the fall of the evil city (compare Revelation 14:11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. again--Greek, "a second time." rose up--Greek, "goeth up." for ever and ever--Greek, "to the ages of the ages."Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 19:3

• Praise
• Punishment
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Alleluia
• Fall
• Fornication
• Hallelujah
• Lord
• Marriage
• Rod
• Salvation
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Judgment, Last

Commentaries on Revelation 19

• 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