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Revelation 11:18

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11:18The43 nations44 were enraged,

but45 your wrath has come,

and the time has come for the dead to be judged,

and the time has come to give to your servants,46

the prophets, their reward,

as well as to the saints

and to those who revere47 your name, both small and great,

and the time has come48 to destroy those who destroy49 the earth.”

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Footnotes

  1. 43 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  2. 44 Or “The Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).
  3. 45 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
  4. 46 See the note on the word “servants” in .
  5. 47 Grk “who fear.”
  6. 48 The words “the time has come” do not occur except at the beginning of the verse; the phrase has been repeated for emphasis and contrast. The Greek has one finite verb (“has come”) with a compound subject (“your wrath,” “the time”), followed by three infinitive clauses (“to be judged,” “to give,” “to destroy”). The rhetorical power of the repetition of the finite verb in English thus emulates the rhetorical power of its lone instance in Greek.
  7. 49 Or “who deprave.” There is a possible wordplay here on two meanings for διαφθείρω (diaphtheirō), with the first meaning “destroy” and the second meaning either “to ruin” or “to make morally corrupt.” See L&N 20.40.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The nations raged,

but your wrath came,

and the time for the dead to be judged,

and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,

and those who fear your name,

both small and great,

and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The nations were angry,

and your wrath has come.

The time has come for judging the dead,

and for rewarding your servants the prophets

and your people who revere your name,

both great and small—

and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The nations were angry,

but your wrath has come.

The time has come

for the dead to be judged

and to give the reward

to your servants the prophets,

to the saints, and to those who fear your name,

both small and great,

and the time has come to destroy

those who destroy the earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

The nations were filled with wrath,

but now the time of your wrath has come.

It is time to judge the dead

and reward your servants the prophets,

as well as your holy people,

and all who fear your name,

from the least to the greatest.

It is time to destroy

all who have caused destruction on the earth.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the nations were angry,

and your wrath has come,

and the time for the dead to be judged,

and to give their reward to your slaves the prophets

and to the saints and to the ones who fear your name,

the small and the great,

and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.