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Revelation 18:1-10 GNB
. . .After this I saw another angel coming down out of heaven. He had great authority, and his splendor brightened the whole earth. (2) He cried out in a loud voice: "She has fallen! Great Babylon has fallen! She is now haunted by demons and unclean spirits; all kinds of filthy and hateful birds live in her. (3) For all the nations have drunk her wine---the strong wine of her immoral lust. The kings of the earth practiced sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the world grew rich from her unrestrained lust."
(4) Then I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out, my people! Come out from her! You must not take part in her sins; you must not share in her punishment! (5) For her sins are piled up as high as heaven, and God remembers her wicked ways. (6) Treat her exactly as she has treated you; pay her back double for all she has done. Fill her cup with a drink twice as strong as the drink she prepared for you. (7) Give her as much suffering and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. For she keeps telling herself: 'Here I sit, a queen! I am no widow, I will never know grief !' (8) Because of this, in one day she will be struck with plagues--- disease, grief, and famine. And she will be burned with fire, because the Lord God [יהוה], who judges her, is mighty." (9) The kings of the earth who took part in her immorality and lust will cry and weep over the city when they see the smoke from the flames that consume her. (10) They stand a long way off, because they are afraid of sharing in her suffering. They say, "How terrible! How awful! This great and mighty city Babylon! In just one hour you have been punished!"
Revelation 18:1-10 NWT
. . .After these things I saw another angel descending from heaven, with great authority; and the earth was lighted up from his glory. 2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: “She has fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen, and she has become a dwelling place of demons and a lurking place of every unclean exhalation and a lurking place of every unclean and hated bird! 4 And I heard another voice out of heaven say: "Get out of her, my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues. 5 For her sins have massed together clear up to heaven, and God has called her acts of injustice to mind. 6 Render to her even as she herself rendered, and do to her twice as much, yes, twice the number of the things she did; in the cup in which she put a mixture put twice as much of the mixture for her. 7 To the extent that she glorified herself and lived in shameless luxury, to that extent give her torment and mourning. For in her heart she keeps saying, 'I sit a queen, and I am no widow, and I shall never see mourning.' 8 That is why in one day her plagues will come, death and mourning and famine, and she will be completely burned with fire, because Jehovah God [יהוה], who judged her, is strong. 9 “And the kings of the earth who committed fornication with her and lived in shameless luxury will weep and beat themselves in grief over her, when they look at the smoke from the burning of her, 10 while they stand at a distance because of their fear of her torment and say, ‘Too bad, too bad, you great city, Babylon you strong city, because in one hour your judgment has arrived!’
Revelation 18:1-10 LITV
. . .And after these things I saw another angel coming down out of Heaven having great authority, and the earth was lighted up from his glory. (2) And he cried in a strong, great voice, saying, Babylon the great has fallen! It has fallen, and it has become a dwelling-place of demons, and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean bird, even having been hated, (3) because of the wine of the anger of her fornication which all the nations have drunk, even the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her; and the merchants of the earth became rich from the power of her luxury. (4) And I heard another voice out of Heaven saying, My people, come out of her, that you may not share in her sins, and that you may not receive of her plagues;
(5) because her sins joined together, even up to Heaven, and God remembered her unjust deeds.
(6) Give back to her as also she gave back to you, and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.
(7) By what things she glorified herself, and luxuriated, by so much give back to her torment and mourning. Because she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.
(8) Because of this, in one day her plagues shall come: death, and mourning, and famine; and she will be consumed with fire, for the Lord God [יהוה] judging her is strong. (9) And the kings of the earth will weep for her, and will wail over her, those having fornicated and having luxuriated with her, when they see the smoke of her burning; (10) standing from afar because of the fear of her torment, saying, Woe! Woe to the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment came.
Revelation 18:1-10 ALT
. . .{And} after these [things] I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lit up from his glory [or, splendor]. (2) And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, "{Fallen}, fallen [is] Babylon the great! And she became a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean [or, defiling] spirit and a prison of every unclean and having been detested bird. (3) For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual sin, and the kings of the earth committed sexual sin with her, and merchants of the earth became rich from the power [fig., wealth] of her luxury."
(4) And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying, "Come out from her, My people, so that you* shall not participate in her sins, and so that you* shall not receive of her plagues.
(5) "For her sins [have] piled up to heaven, and God [has] remembered her misdeeds.
(6) "Give back to her as she also gave back you*and double doubles [fig., give back double] to her according to her works; in the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.
(7) "As much as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, [by] so much give to her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart [fig., inner self], 'I sit [as] a queen, and I am not a widow, and I shall by no means see sorrow.
(8) "For this reason, her plagues will come in one day-death and sorrow and famine. And she will be consumed by fire; for mighty [is the] Lord God [יהוה], the One having judged her. (9) "And the kings of the earth, the ones having committed sexual sin and having lived luxuriously with her, will weep and will beat their breasts [fig., mourn] over her when they shall be seeing the smoke of her burning, (10) having stood at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, 'How horrible! How horrible! The great city Babylon, the mighty city! For in one hour your judgment came!'
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation