Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

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WEBBE

The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you, for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

BSB

The 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.”

KJV

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

ASV

and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.

BBE

And never again will the shining of lights be seen in you; and the voice of the newly-married man and the bride will never again be sounding in you: for your traders were the lords of the earth, and by your evil powers were all the nations turned out of the right way.

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καὶ kai And G2532 φῶς phōs [the] light G5457 λύχνου luchnou of lamp G3088 οὐ ou certainly G3756 μὴ mē not G3361 φάνῃ phanē may shine G5316 ἐν en in G1722 σοὶ soi you G4771 ἔτι eti any longer G2089 καὶ kai and G2532 φωνὴ phōnē [the] voice G5456 νυμφίου numphiou of a bridegroom G3566 καὶ kai and G2532 νύμφης numphēs a bride G3565 οὐ ou certainly G3756 μὴ mē not G3361 ἀκουσθῇ akousthēa may be heard G191 ἐν en in G1722 σοὶ soi you G4771 ἔτι eti any longer G2089 ὅτι hoti for G3754 οἱ hoi the G3588 ἔμποροί emporoi merchants G1713 σου sou of you G4771 ἦσαν ēsan were G1510 οἱ hoi the G3588 μεγιστᾶνες megistanes great ones G3175 τῆς tēs of the G3588 γῆς gēs earth G1093 ὅτι hoti because G3754 ἐν en by G1722 τῇ tēa the G3588 φαρμακείᾳ pharmakeia sorcery G5331 σου sou of you G4771 ἐπλανήθησαν eplanēthēsan were deceived G4105 πάντα panta all G3956 τὰ ta the G3588 ἔθνη ethnē nations G1484

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 20–24

That which is matter of rejoicing to the servants of God on earth, is matter of rejoicing to the angels in heaven. The apostles, who are honoured and daily worshipped at Rome in an idolatrous manner, will rejoice in her fall. The fall of Babylon was an act of God's justice. And because it was a final ruin, this enemy should never molest them any more; of this they were assured by a sign. Let us take warning from the things which brought others to destruction, and let us set our affections on things above, when we consider the changeable nature of earthly things.

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