Revelation 14:11
in Revelation 14And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”
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ASV
and the smoke of their torment goeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of his name.
KJV
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
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This verse in Revelation 14
Commentary
12 notes on this verseWe must understand this smoke to be either the sighing of those being tormented, which arises from below along with their lamentation, or the smoke that comes from the fire that torments the fallen. It says that it "goes up forever and ever," and by …
This site's exposition
If anyone worships the beast
on Revelation 14:9-11
Whoever worships the beast will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. The Greek akratou means unmixed, and forever and ever is the formula that measures the devil's sentence at 20:10.
This site's exposition
there is no rest
The phrase no rest sets up verse 13, where the dead in the Lord are promised rest. The two companies of the chapter end in opposite states.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
For what does he say? And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night. To whom would one say this? "Is it, O man, to be tormented eternally and not suffer according to due merit?" For …
The Medieval Church4 voices
The punishment of hell is in a corporeal place below, in which all the reprobate, both men and evil spirits, will be eternally tormented. They will be tormented by the same corporeal fire, which will burn and torment both spirits and bodies—yet it will not …
A commentator
BonaventureCollations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 17 · Written in the 13th century.
proposed
Likewise, Scripture enlightens from below by showing forth the torments of hell. In the Psalm: He rains upon the wicked fiery coals and brimstone; a burning blast is their allotted cup. In the Apocalypse: Their portion shall be in the pool that burns with fire …
And they have no rest day nor night, etc. They say that a lion spares a prostrate man, but this beast is fiercer than a lion, the more it is worshipped, the greater punishments it inflicts.
And if anyone receives the mark of his name. Saint Augustine interprets the beast as the impious city, its image as the simulation of piety, that is, the false appearance of Christians, and the mark as the sign of a crime, which he says is …
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the smoke - From the fire and brimstone wherein they are tormented. Ascendeth forever and ever - God grant thou and I may never try the strict, literal eternity of this torment!
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The smoke of their torment - Still an allusion to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And the smoke of their torment - The smoke proceeding from their place of torment.
The words behind it
34 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| καπνὸς | kapnos | smoke | G2586 → | 13 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| βασανισμοῦ | basanismou | torment | G929 → | 6 times |
| αὐτῶν | auton | of them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| αἰῶνας | aionas | ages | G165 → | 121 times |
| αἰώνων | aionon | of ages | G165 → | 121 times |
| ἀναβαίνει, | anabainei | goes up, | G305 → | 82 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → | 1664 times |
| ἔχουσιν | echousin | have | G2192 → | 707 times |
| ἀνάπαυσιν | anapausin | rest | G372 → | |
| ἡμέρας | hemeras | by day | G2250 → | 389 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| νυκτὸς | nuktos | night | G3571 → | 61 times |
| οἱ | hoi | those | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| προσκυνοῦντες | proskunountes | worshiping | G4352 → | 60 times |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| θηρίον | therion | beast | G2342 → | 46 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| εἰκόνα | eikona | image | G1504 → | 23 times |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of it | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| εἴ | ei | if | G1487 → | 508 times |
| τις | tis | anyone | G5100 → | 528 times |
| λαμβάνει | lambanei | receives | G2983 → | 257 times |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| χάραγμα | charagma | mark | G5480 → | 8 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ὀνόματος | onomatos | name | G3686 → | 227 times |
| αὐτοῦ.¶ | autou | of it. | G846 → | 5565 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
καπνὸςsmoke
kapnosG2586 →13 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
βασανισμοῦtorment
basanismouG929 →6 times
αὐτῶνof them
autonG846 →5565 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
αἰῶναςages
aionasG165 →121 times
αἰώνωνof ages
aiononG165 →121 times
ἀναβαίνει,goes up,
anabaineiG305 →82 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
οὐκnot
oukG3756 →1664 times
ἔχουσινhave
echousinG2192 →707 times
ἀνάπαυσινrest
anapausinG372 →
ἡμέραςby day
hemerasG2250 →389 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
νυκτὸςnight
nuktosG3571 →61 times
οἱthose
hoiG3588 →19766 times
προσκυνοῦντεςworshiping
proskunountesG4352 →60 times
τὸthe
toG3588 →19766 times
θηρίονbeast
therionG2342 →46 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
εἰκόναimage
eikonaG1504 →23 times
αὐτοῦof it
autouG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
εἴif
eiG1487 →508 times
τιςanyone
tisG5100 →528 times
λαμβάνειreceives
lambaneiG2983 →257 times
τὸthe
toG3588 →19766 times
χάραγμαmark
charagmaG5480 →8 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
ὀνόματοςname
onomatosG3686 →227 times
αὐτοῦ.¶of it.
autouG846 →5565 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
it leads to
- Daniel 12:2
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- John 5:29
and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
- John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
- Daniel 12:2
Through
Revelation 20:10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day…
it leads to
- Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Revelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and…
- Matthew 25:41
Through
Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Jude 1:6–7
And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- 2 Peter 2:4
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This page draws on 11 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 14:11; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Bonaventure, Breviloquium, Part 7; Bonaventure, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 17; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation.
