KJV King James Version
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
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Revelation 16:19
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The 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.
WEB World English Bible
The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
ASV American Standard Version
And the great city was divided into into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it came—the great city—into three parts, and the cities of the nations did fall, and Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the wrath of His anger,
Surrounding context — Revelation 16
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, [and] so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandἐγένετοG1096 · ginomaito beἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoπόλιςG4172 · poliscityἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoμεγάληG3173 · megasgreatεἰςG1519 · eistowardτρίαG5140 · treisThreeμέρη,G3313 · merospartκαὶG2532 · kaiandαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoπόλειςG4172 · poliscityτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐθνῶνG1484 · ethnosGentilesἔπεσαν.G4098 · piptōto collapseκαὶG2532 · kaiandΒαβυλὼνG897 · BabulōnBabylonἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoμεγάληG3173 · megasgreatἐμνήσθηG3403 · mimnēskōto rememberἐνώπιονG1799 · enōpionbeforeτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦG2316 · theosGodδοῦναιG1325 · didōmito giveαὐτῇG846 · autosit/s/heτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoποτήριονG4221 · potērioncupτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoοἴνουG3631 · oinoswineτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθυμοῦG2372 · thumoswrathτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀργῆςG3709 · orgēwrathαὐτοῦ.G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Revelation 17:18And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.Revelation 18:5For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.Revelation 18:10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.Revelation 18:21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.Revelation 18:2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.Revelation 18:16-19And 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!Revelation 11:8And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.Jeremiah 25:15-16For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.Daniel 4:30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?Revelation 17:5And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.Jeremiah 25:26And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which [are] upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.Isaiah 49:26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD [am] thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.Isaiah 51:17-23Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, [and] wrung [them] out.Revelation 14:8-10And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
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