Revelation 17:14

Revelation 17:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
• New International Version (NIV)They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful."
• New King James Version (NKJV)These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

Context of Revelation 17:14

12The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive ruling authority as kings with the beast for one hour. 13These kings have a single intent, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.” 15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw (where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. 16The ten horns that you saw, and the beast – these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire.

Revelation 17:14 word by word

οὗτοι μετὰ τοῦ ἀρνίου πολεμήσουσιν, καὶ τὸ ἀρνίον νικήσει αὐτούς, ὅτι κύριος κυρίων ἐστὶν καὶ βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ κλητοὶ καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ καὶ πιστοί.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• shall make warπολεμέωpolemeō · to fightG4170
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• the Lambὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Lambἀρνίονarnion · lambG721
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• shall overcomeνικάωnikaō · to conquerG3528
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• he isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• of lordsκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• Kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• calledκλητόςklētos · calledG2822
• chosenἐκλεκτόςeklektos · selectG1588
• faithfulπιστόςpistos · faithfulG4103

Cross-references for Revelation 17:14

• Revelation 11:7When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them.
• Revelation 8:6Now the seven angels holding the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
• Revelation 16:14For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.
• Revelation 19:15From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful.
• Daniel 7:21While I was watching, that horn began to wage war against the holy ones and was defeating them,
• Daniel 11:9Then the king of the north will advance against the empire of the king of the south, but will withdraw to his own land.
• Zechariah 2:8For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you – for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.
• Matthew 25:40And the king will answer them, ‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
• Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
• Revelation 6:12Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;
• Psalms 2:8Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property.
• Psalms 21:8You prevail over all your enemies; your power is too great for those who hate you.
• Psalms 110:5O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.
• Jeremiah 50:44“A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Babylonians off of their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me. There is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler that can stand up against me.
• Daniel 2:44In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.
• Daniel 7:26But the court will convene, and his ruling authority will be removed – destroyed and abolished forever!

Commentaries on Revelation 17:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and, faithful - The ten powers of the beast must compose the secular kingdom of antichrist, for they make war with the Lamb, who is Christ Jesus. This is perfectly true of all popish states, for they have constantly opposed, as long as they have had any secular power, the progress of pure…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14These shall make war with the Lamb - The Lamb of God - the Lord Jesus (See the notes at Revelation 5:6); that is, they would combine with the papacy in opposing evangelical religion. It is not meant that they would openly and avowedly proclaim war against the Son of God, but that they would practically do this in sustaining a persecuting power. It is unnecessary to show how true this has been in history; how entirely they sustained the papacy in all its…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 The beast on which the woman sat was, and is not, and yet is. It was a seat of idolatry and persecution, and is not; not in the ancient form, which was pagan: yet it is; it is truly the seat of idolatry and tyranny, though of another sort and form. It would deceive into stupid and blind submission all the inhabitants of the earth within its influence, except the remnant of the elect. This beast was seven heads, seven mountains, the seven hills…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14No matter how much power the beast and ten kings gather (Revelation 17:11–12), they cannot win because Jesus is the Lord of all lords (see 19:11–16). Those whom God has called and chosen, and who stay faithful, will stand with him as victors.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. These shall ... war with the Lamb--in league with the beast. This is a summary anticipation of Re 19:19. This shall not be till after they have first executed judgment on the harlot (Re 17:15, 16). Lord of lords, &c.--anticipating Re 19:16. are--not in the Greek. Therefore translate, "And they that are with Him, called chosen, and faithful (shall overcome them, namely, the beast and his allied kings)." These have been with Christ in heaven unseen, but…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 17:14

• Call
• Character
• Chosen, or Elected
• Horn
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lamb of God
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Antichrist
• Carry
• Choose; Chosen
• Christ, Offices of
• Ephod (1)
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• God, Names of
• Images
• King, Christ As
• Lion

Commentaries on Revelation 17

• 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