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Revelation 18:6

Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

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ASV

Render unto her even as she rendered, and double unto her the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.

KJV

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀπόδοτεapodotedo give backG591 →
αὐτῇautēato herG846 →
ὡςhōsasG5613 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
αὐτὴautēsheG846 →
ἀπέδωκενapedōkenhas renderedG591 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
διπλώσατεdiplōsatedo pay back doubleG1363 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
διπλᾶdiplatwofoldG1362 →
κατὰkataaccording toG2596 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
ἔργαergaworksG2041 →
αὐτῆς.autēsof her.G846 →
ἐνenInG1722 →
τῷtōtheG3588 →
ποτηρίῳpotēriōcupG4221 →
ᾧhōwhichG3739 →
ἐκέρασεν,ekerasenshe has mixed,G2767 →
κεράσατεkerasatedo mixG2767 →
αὐτῇautēato herG846 →
διπλοῦν.diploundouble.G1362 →

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Jeremiah 50:29Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.Matthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.Psalms 137:8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.Jeremiah 51:24Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 50:15Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.Revelation 14:10he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.Psalms 31:23Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.Psalms 28:4Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.Revelation 17:4The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.Jeremiah 16:18And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”Zechariah 9:12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.Jeremiah 51:49“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.Jeremiah 17:18Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.Revelation 11:18The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”Proverbs 12:21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

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