KJV King James Version
And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
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Revelation 19:3
And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
WEB World English Bible
A second said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever.”
ASV American Standard Version
And a second time they say, Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth up for ever and ever.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and a second time they said, ‘Alleluia;’ and her smoke doth come up—to the ages of the ages!
Surrounding context — Revelation 19
1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
2 For 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.
3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandδεύτερονG1208 · deuterossecondlyεἴρηκαν·G2046 · erōto sayἁλληλουϊά·G239 · allēlouiahallelujahκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαπνὸςG2586 · kapnossmokeαὐτῆςG846 · autosit/s/heἀναβαίνειG305 · anabainōto ascendεἰςG1519 · eistowardτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἰῶναςG165 · aiōnan age: ageτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἰώνων.G165 · aiōnan age: age
Cross-references
Isaiah 34:10It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.Revelation 18:18And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What [city is] like unto this great city!Revelation 14:11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.Revelation 18:9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.Revelation 19:1And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:Genesis 19:28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
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