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Revelation 18:19

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19And tthey cast dust on their heads,

And cried, uweeping and wailing, saying,

bAlas, alas, that great city,

oWherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness!

For cin one hour qis she made desolate.

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Footnotes

  1. tJosh. 7:6. So 1 Sam. 4:12. Job 2:12. Ezek. 27:30. 2 Esdr. 9:38. Judith 4:11. & 9:1. See Esther 4:1.
  2. bver. 18, 19, 21. See ch. 14:8.
  3. over. 3, 19. Ezek. 27:33.
  4. cver. 17, 19. So ver. 8. See ch. 17:12.
  5. qver. 19 (Gk.). ch. 17:16 in the Gk.

Cross references

  1. uEzek. 27:31.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,

“Alas, alas, for the great city

where all who had ships at sea

grew rich by her wealth!

For in a single hour she has been laid waste.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:

“ ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,

where all who had ships on the sea

became rich through her wealth!

In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning,

Woe, woe, the great city,

where all those who have ships on the sea

became rich from her wealth;

for in a single hour she was destroyed.

NLTNew Living Translation

And they will weep and throw dust on their heads to show their grief. And they will cry out,

“How terrible, how terrible for that great city!

The shipowners became wealthy

by transporting her great wealth on the seas.

In a single moment it is all gone.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying,

“Woe, woe, the great city,

in which all those who had ships on the sea

became rich from her prosperity,

because in one hour she has been laid waste!”