And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationssaying, Woe, woe, the great city, she that was arrayed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearl!
saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
and saying, Woe, woe, the great city, that was arrayed with fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and gilded in gold, and precious stone, and pearls--because in one hour so much riches were made waste!
saying, Woe, woe, the great city, which [was] clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls!
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both