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Lament over Babylon

Revelation 18:11

In 9 translations

BSB
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
KJV
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
WEB
The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more:
ASV
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more;
LSV
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymore;
YLT
'And the merchants of the earth shall weep and sorrow over her, because their lading no one doth buy any more;
DBY
And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more;
DRC
And the merchants of the earth shall weep, and mourn over her: for no man shall buy their merchandise any more.
GNV
And the marchants of the earth shall weepe and wayle ouer her: for no man byeth their ware any more.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read κλαίουσιν (“weep”); Byzantine text read κλαύσουσιν (“will weep”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read πενθοῦσιν (“they mourn”); Byzantine text read πενθήσουσιν (“will mourn”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτήν (“her”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αὐτῇ (“her”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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  • SBLGNT: κλαίουσιν καὶ πενθοῦσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κλαίουσιν καὶ πενθοῦσιν; Robinson–Pierpont read κλαύσουσιν καὶ πενθήσουσιν.
  • SBLGNT: αὐτήν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτήν; Robinson–Pierpont read αὐτῇ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Καὶ οἱ ἔμποροι τῆς γῆς κλαίουσιν καὶ πενθοῦσιν ἐπʼ αὐτήν, ὅτι τὸν γόμον αὐτῶν οὐδεὶς ἀγοράζει οὐκέτι,
RP2018
Καὶ οἱ ἔμποροι τῆς γῆς κλαύσουσιν καὶ πενθήσουσιν ἐπ’ αὐτῇ, ὅτι τὸν γόμον αὐτῶν οὐδεὶς ἀγοράζει οὐκέτι·
TR-Boyd
Καὶ οἱ ἔμποροι τῆς γῆς κλαίουσι καὶ πενθοῦσιν ἐπ᾿ αὐτῇ, ὅτι τὸν γόμον αὐτῶν οὐδεὶς ἀγοράζει οὐκέτι·
SCR1894
και οι εμποροι της γης κλαιουσιν και πενθουσιν επ αυτη οτι τον γομον αυτων ουδεις αγοραζει ουκετι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 18:3All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
  • Revelation 18:23The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived…
  • Ezekiel 27:27–36Your wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your…
  • Revelation 18:15The merchants who sold these things and grew their wealth from her will stand at a distance, in fear of her torment. They will weep and mourn,
  • Zephaniah 1:11Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who weigh out silver will be cut off.
  • Ezekiel 26:17–21Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men— she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples! Now the coastlands…
  • Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
  • Revelation 13:16–17And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of…
  • Isaiah 47:15This is what they are to you— those with whom you have labored and traded from youth— each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.
  • Isaiah 23:1–15This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of…
  • Revelation 18:9Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
  • Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on…
  • 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
  • Matthew 22:5But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
  • John 2:16To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
  • Proverbs 3:14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.

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