Lament over Babylon
Revelation 18:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- and cry out at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. “What city was ever like this great city?” they will exclaim.
- KJV
- And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
- WEB
- and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city?’
- ASV
- and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like the great city?
- LSV
- and were crying, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like to the great city?
- YLT
- and were crying, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like to the great city?
- DBY
- and cried, seeing the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city] is like to the great city?
- DRC
- And cried, seeing the place of her burning, saying: What city is like to this great city?
- GNV
- And crie, when they see that smoke of that her burning, saying, What citie was like vnto this great citie?
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔκραζον (“were crying out”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἔκραξαν (“they cried out”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read βλέποντες (“seeing”); Textus Receptus read ὁρῶντες (“seeing”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἔκραξαν. Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἔκραξαν; Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἔκραζον.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἔκραξαν βλέποντες τὸν καπνὸν τῆς πυρώσεως αὐτῆς λέγοντες· Τίς ὁμοία τῇ πόλει τῇ μεγάλῃ;
- RP2018
- καὶ ἔκραζον, βλέποντες τὸν καπνὸν τῆς πυρώσεως αὐτῆς, λέγοντες, Τίς ὁμοία τῇ πόλει τῇ μεγάλῃ;
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ἔκραζον, ὁρῶντες τὸν καπνὸν τῆς πυρώσεως αὐτῆς, λέγοντες, Τίς ὁμοία τῇ πόλει τῇ μεγάλῃ;
- SCR1894
- και εκραζον ορωντες τον καπνον της πυρωσεως αυτης λεγοντες τις ομοια τη πολει τη μεγαλη
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 13:4They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?”
- Revelation 18:9–10Then 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. In fear of her torment, they will stand at a…
- Isaiah 23:8–9Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth? The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned…
- Ezekiel 27:30–32They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with…
- Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
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