English Standard Version
Revelation 18:7
7As 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.'
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.’
- 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.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow. She boasted in her heart, ‘I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn.’
Context of Revelation 18:7
5for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed. 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.' 8For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her." 9And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
Read all of Revelation 18Revelation 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
Words taken from the KJV.
- How muchὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
- she hath glorifiedδοξάζωdoxazō · to glorifyG1392
- herselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- lived deliciouslyστρηνιάωstrēniaō · to revelG4763
- so muchτοσοῦτοςtosoutos · so greatG5118
- tormentβασανισμόςbasanismos · tormentG929
- sorrowπένθοςpenthos · griefG3997
- giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- forὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- she saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- heartὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- I sitκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
- a queenβασίλισσαbasilissa · queenG938
- amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- noοὐou · noG3756
- widowχήραchēra · widowG5503
- shall seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- ·μήmē · notG3361
Cross-references for Revelation 18:7
- Isaiah 22:12In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
- Isaiah 47:1Come 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 shall no more be called tender and delicate.
- Ezekiel 28:2"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: "Because your heart is proud, and you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you are but a man, and no god, though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
- Zephaniah 2:15This is the exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is no one else." What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
- Psalms 45:9daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
- Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and the queen mother: "Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head."
- Isaiah 47:7You said, "I shall be mistress forever," so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.
- Lamentations 1:1How lonely sits the city that was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among 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
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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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