Revelation 17:16 BSB

Revelation 17:16

And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire.

KJV

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

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Commentary

2 voices

Victorinus of Pettau

Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John (304)

"And the beast which thou sawest is of the seven." Since before those kings Nero reigned. "And he is the eighth." He says only when this beast shall come, reckon it the eighth place, since in that is the completion. He added:- "And shall go into perdition." For that ten kings received royal power when he shall move from the east, he says. He shall be sent from the city of Rome with his armies. And Daniel sets forth the ten horns and the ten diadems.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As Jerusalem used the world power to crucify her Saviour, and then was destroyed by that very power, Rome; so the Church, having apostatized to the world, shall have judgment executed on her first by the world power, the beast and his allies; and these afterwards shall have judgment executed on them by Christ Himself in person.

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
δέκα	deka	ten	G1176 →
κέρατα	kerata	horns	G2768 →
ἃ	ha	that	G3739 →
εἶδες	eides	you saw	G1492 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
θηρίον,	thērion	beast,	G2342 →
οὗτοι	houtoi	these	G3778 →
μισήσουσιν	misēsousin	will hate	G3404 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
πόρνην	pornēn	prostitute	G4204 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἠρημωμένην	ērēmōmenēn	desolated	G2049 →
ποιήσουσιν	poiēsousin	they will make	G4160 →
αὐτὴν	autēn	her	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
γυμνὴν	gumnēn	naked	G1131 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
σάρκας	sarkas	flesh	G4561 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of her	G846 →
φάγονται	phagontai	they will eat	G5315 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
αὐτὴν	autēn	her	G846 →
κατακαύσουσιν	katakausousin	they will burn	G2618 →
ἐν	en	with	G1722 →
πυρί.	puri	fire.	G4442 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 18:8
Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 50:31
  “Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
- Jeremiah 50:34
  Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
- Revelation 18:9–10
  Then 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.
- Isaiah 47:9–11
  These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the…
- 1 Corinthians 10:22
  Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
Through
Leviticus 21:9
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
leads to
- Genesis 38:24
  About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- Leviticus 19:29
  You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
- Titus 1:6
  An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.