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Revelation 17:6

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17:6I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus.16 I17 was greatly astounded18 when I saw her.

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Footnotes

  1. 16 Or “of the witnesses to Jesus.” Here the genitive Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) is taken as an objective genitive; Jesus is the object of their testimony.
  2. 17 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
  3. 18 Grk “I marveled a great marvel” (an idiom for great astonishment).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.

When I saw her, I marveled greatly.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.

When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.

NLTNew Living Translation

I could see that she was drunk—drunk with the blood of God’s holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. I stared at her in complete amazement.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus.

And I was greatly astonished when I saw her.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.