Revelation 13:7

Revelation 13:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
• New International Version (NIV)It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,
• New King James Version (NKJV)It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.

Context of Revelation 13:7

5A mouth was given to him speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him. 6And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven. It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority was given to him over every tribe, people, language, and nation. 8All who live on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slaughtered. 9If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

Revelation 13:7 word by word

καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ποιῆσαι πόλεμον μετὰ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ νικῆσαι αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἐξουσία ἐπὶ πᾶσαν φυλὴν καὶ λαὸν καὶ γλῶσσαν καὶ ἔθνος.Read the interlinear

• It was alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• makeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• warπόλεμοςpolēmos · warG4171
• saintsἅγιοςhagios · holy: saintG40
• and to overcomeνικάωnikaō · to conquerG3528
• them, and authorityἐξουσίαexousia · authorityG1849
• to him overἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• everyπᾶςpas · allG3956
• tribeφυλήphulē · tribeG5443
• peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992
• languageγλῶσσαglōssa · tongueG1100
• and nationἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484

Cross-references for Revelation 13:7

• Revelation 11:7When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.
• Revelation 12:17So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
• Daniel 7:21I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and prevailing against them,
• Daniel 8:24And his power will be mighty, but not by his own power, And he will destroy to an extraordinary degree And be successful and do as he pleases; He will destroy mighty men and the holy people.
• Daniel 11:36“Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt himself and boast against every god and will speak dreadful things against the God of gods; and he will be successful until the indignation is finished, because that which is determined will be done.
• Daniel 12:1“Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.
• Revelation 10:11And they said to me, “You must prophesy again concerning many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”
• Revelation 11:18And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
• Revelation 17:15And he said to me, “The waters which you saw where the prostitute sits are peoples and multitudes, and nations and languages.
• Exodus 9:16But indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name throughout the earth.
• Isaiah 10:15Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a club wielding those who lift it, Or like a rod lifting the one who is not wood.
• Isaiah 37:26Have you not heard? Long ago I did it, From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it about That you would turn fortified cities into ruined heaps.
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these surrounding nations; and I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror and hissing, and an everlasting place of ruins.
• Jeremiah 27:6And now I have handed all these lands over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I have also given him the animals of the field to serve him.
• Jeremiah 51:20He says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war; And with you I shatter nations, And with you I destroy kingdoms.
• Daniel 5:18O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, greatness, honor, and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father.

Commentaries on Revelation 13:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them - "Who can make any computation," says Bishop Newton, "or even frame any conception, of the numbers of pious Christians who have fallen a sacrifice to the bigotry and cruelty of Rome? Mede upon the place hath observed, from good authorities, that in the war with the Albigenses and Waldenses there perished of these poor creatures in France alone a million. From the first…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And it was given unto him - By the same power that taught him to blaspheme God and his church. See the notes on Revelation 13:2, Revelation 13:5. To make war with the saints - See this fully illustrated in the notes on the parallel passage in Daniel 7:21, and at the end of that chapter, (f). And to overcome them - In those wars. This was abundantly fulfilled in the wars with the Waldenses, the Albigenses, and the other sincere followers of the Saviour in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The beast has power over all the people in the world.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. power--Greek, "authority." all kindreds ... tongues ... nations--Greek, "every tribe ... tongue ... nation." A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, Andreas, and Primasius add "and people," after "tribe" or "kindred."Read the comment

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Commentaries on Revelation 13

• 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