Revelation 18:7

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

5Her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. 6Do to her what she has done. Give her twice as much as she gave. Serve her a drink in her own cup twice as large as the drink she served others. She gave herself glory and luxury. Now give her just as much torture and misery. She says to herself, ‘I’m a queen on a throne, not a widow. I’ll never be miserable.’ 8For this reason her plagues of death, misery, and starvation will come in a single day. She will be burned up in a fire, because the Lord God, who judges her, is powerful. 9“The kings of the earth who had sex with her and lived in luxury with her will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke rise from her raging fire.

Revelation 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 22:12On that day the Almighty Lord of Armies will call for crying and for mourning, for shaving your heads and for wearing sackcloth.
• Isaiah 47:1Go, sit in the dirt, virgin princess of Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, princess of the Babylonians! You will no longer be called soft and delicate.
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: In your arrogance you say, “I’m a god. I sit on God’s throne in the sea.” But you’re only human and not a god, although you think you are a god.
• Zephaniah 2:15Is this the arrogant city? Is this the city that used to live securely, the city that used to think to itself, “I’m the only one, and no one else exists but me”? What a wasteland it is now, a resting place for wild animals! All who pass by it will hiss and make an obscene gesture.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4He opposes every so-called god or anything that is worshiped and places himself above them, sitting in God’s temple and claiming to be God.
• Psalms 45:9The daughters of kings are among your noble ladies. The queen takes her place at your right hand and wears gold from Ophir.
• Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and his mother, “Come down from your thrones, because your crowns have fallen off your heads.”
• Isaiah 47:7You said, “I will always be a queen.” You didn’t carefully consider these things or keep in mind how they would end.
• Lamentations 1:1“Look how deserted Jerusalem is! Once the city was crowded with people. Once it was important among the nations. Now it is a widow. Once it was a princess among the provinces. Now it does forced labor.

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

Topics related to Revelation 18:7

• Confidence
• Pride
• Security

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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