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Revelation 2:20

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20But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, kwho calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives My •slaves to commit sexual immorality land to eat meat sacrificed to idols. m

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Footnotes

  1. •The strong Greek word doulos cannot be accurately translated in English as servant or bond servant; the HCSB translates this word as slave, not out of insensitivity to the legitimate concerns of modern English speakers, but out of a commitment to accurately convey the brutal reality of the Roman empire’s inhumane institution as well as the ownership called for by Christ.
  2. l2:20 Or commit fornication

Cross references

  1. k2:20 1Kg 16:30–33; 21:25; 2Kg 9:7, 30–37
  2. m2:20 2Kg 9:22; Ac 15:29; 1Co 10:20

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat meat sacrificed to idols.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But I have this complaint against you. You are permitting that woman—that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet—to lead my servants astray. She teaches them to commit sexual sin and to eat food offered to idols.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But I have against you that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one who calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and deceives my slaves to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

KJV 1900King James Version

Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.