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Revelation 18:22

And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.

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ASV

And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no more at all in thee;

KJV

And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

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καὶkaiAndG2532 →
φωνὴphōnēsoundG5456 →
κιθαρῳδῶνkitharōdōnof harpistsG2790 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
μουσικῶνmousikōnmusiciansG3451 →
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αὐλητῶνaulētōnflute playersG834 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
σαλπιστῶνsalpistōntrumpetersG4538 →
οὐoucertainlyG3756 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
ἀκουσθῇakousthēamay be heardG191 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
σοὶsoiyouG4771 →
ἔτι,etiany longer,G2089 →
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
πᾶςpasanyG3956 →
τεχνίτηςtechnitēscraftsmenG5079 →
πάσηςpasēsof anyG3956 →
τέχνηςtechnēscraftG5078 →
οὐoucertainlyG3756 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
εὑρεθῇheurethēamay be foundG2147 →
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σοὶsoiyouG4771 →
ἔτι,etiany longer,G2089 →
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φωνὴphōnē[the] soundG5456 →
μύλουmulouof a millstoneG3458 →
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μὴmēnotG3361 →
ἀκουσθῇakousthēamay be heardG191 →
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σοὶsoiyouG4771 →
ἔτι,etiany longer,G2089 →

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Ezekiel 26:13So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.Jeremiah 25:10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.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 by your sorcery.”Jeremiah 16:9For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.Jeremiah 7:34I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”Isaiah 24:8The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.Isaiah 23:12He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”Isaiah 24:8–9The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.Revelation 14:2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.Lamentations 5:14The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.Psalms 137:2There on the willows we hung our harps,Ecclesiastes 12:4when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,Deuteronomy 24:6Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.

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