KJV King James Version
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
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Revelation 17:1
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
WEB World English Bible
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
ASV American Standard Version
And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there came one of the seven messengers, who were having the seven vials, and he spake with me, saying to me, ‘Come, I will shew to thee the judgment of the great whore, who is sitting upon the many waters,
Surrounding context — Revelation 17
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandἦλθενG2064 · erchomaito come/goεἷςG1520 · ehisoneἐκG1537 · ekout fromτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἑπτὰG2033 · heptasevenἀγγέλωνG32 · angelosangelτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐχόντωνG2192 · echōto have/beτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoἑπτὰG2033 · heptasevenφιάλαςG5357 · phialēbowlκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐλάλησενG2980 · laleōto speakμετ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterἐμοῦG1473 · egōI/weλέγωνG3004 · legōto sayδεῦρο,G1204 · deurocomeδείξωG1166 · deiknuōto showσοιG4771 · suyouτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoκρίμαG2917 · krimajudgmentτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπόρνηςG4204 · pornēprostituteτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoμεγάληςG3173 · megasgreatτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαθημένηςG2521 · kathēmaito sitἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstὑδάτωνG5204 · hudōr, hudatoswaterπολλῶν,G4183 · polusmuch
Cross-references
Revelation 19:2For true and righteous [are] his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.Jeremiah 51:13O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.Revelation 17:1-17And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:Revelation 16:19And 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.Revelation 21:9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.Isaiah 1:21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.Nahum 3:4-5Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.Jeremiah 2:20For of old time I have broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.Revelation 15:1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.Isaiah 57:3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.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 15:6-7And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.Revelation 4:1After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.Revelation 21:15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?Luke 9:30And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
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