Revelation 18:8

Revelation 18:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For 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."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and mourning and famine. And she will be utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.

Context of Revelation 18:8

6Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her. 7As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, ‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’ For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!” 9Then the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up. 10They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say, “Woe, woe, O great city, Babylon the powerful city! For in a single hour your doom has come!”

Revelation 18:8 word by word

διὰ τοῦτο ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ ἥξουσιν αἱ πληγαὶ αὐτῆς, θάνατος καὶ πένθος καὶ λιμός, καὶ ἐν πυρὶ κατακαυθήσεται, ὅτι ἰσχυρὸς κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ κρίνας αὐτήν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thereforeδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• ·οὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• shallἥκωhēkō · to come/be presentG2240
• herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• plaguesπληγήplēgē · plague/blow/woundG4127
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• mourningπένθοςpenthos · griefG3997
• famineλιμόςlimos · hungerG3042
• she shall be utterly burnedκατακαίωkatakaiō · to burnG2618
• fireπῦρpur · fireG4442
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• strongἰσχυρόςischuros · strongG2478
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• who judgethκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919

Cross-references for Revelation 18:8

• Revelation 18:10They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say, “Woe, woe, O great city, Babylon the powerful city! For in a single hour your doom has come!”
• Isaiah 47:9Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets.
• Jeremiah 51:6Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. Flee to save your lives. Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins. For it is time for the Lord to wreak his revenge. He will pay Babylonia back for what she has done.
• Revelation 18:9Then the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up.
• Revelation 17:18As for the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.”
• Revelation 19:3Then a second time the crowd shouted, “Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever.
• Jeremiah 51:58This is what the Lord who rules over all says, “Babylon’s thick wall will be completely demolished. Her high gates will be set on fire. The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.”
• Revelation 11:17with these words: “We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign.
• Job 9:19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, ‘Who will summon me?’
• Psalms 62:11God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong,
• Isaiah 27:1At that time the Lord will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.
• Jeremiah 50:31“Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city,” says the Lord God who rules over all. “Indeed, your day of reckoning has come, the time when I will punish you.
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

Commentaries on Revelation 18:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Therefore shall her plagues come - Death, by the sword of her adversaries; mourning on account of the slaughter; and famine, the fruits of the field being destroyed by the hostile bands. Utterly burned with fire - Of what city is this spoken? Rome pagan has never been thus treated; Alaric and Totilas burnt only some parts with fire. Rome papal has not been thus treated; but this is true of Jerusalem, and yet Jerusalem is not generally thought to be…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Therefore - In consequence of her pride, arrogance, and luxury, and of the calamities that she has brought upon others. Shall her plagues come in one day - They shall come in a time when she is living in ease and security; and they shall come at the same time - so that all these terrible judgments shall seem to be poured upon her at once. Death - This expression, and those which follow, are designed to denote the same thing under different images. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The plagues (Revelation 18:2–3) remind us that destruction was not just a human action. The Lord God judges her. He is mighty and able to do what he promises.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. death--on herself, though she thought herself secure even from the death of her husband. mourning--instead of her feasting. famine--instead of her luxurious delicacies (Re 18:3, 7). fire--(See on Re 17:16). Literal fire may burn the literal city of Rome, which is situated in the midst of volcanic agencies. As the ground was cursed for Adam's sin, and the earth under Noah was sunk beneath the flood, and Sodom was burnt with fire, so may Rome be. But as…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