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Revelation 18:5

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18:5because her sins have piled11 up all the way to heaven12 and God has remembered13 her crimes.14

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  1. 11 On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollēthēsan) κολλάω 2.a.β states, “ cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.”
  2. 12 Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
  3. 13 That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them.
  4. 14 Or “her sins.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

for her sins are heaped high as heaven,

and God has remembered her iniquities.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for her sins are piled up to heaven,

and God has remembered her crimes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For her sins are piled up to heaven,

and God has remembered her crimes.

NLTNew Living Translation

For her sins are piled as high as heaven,

and God remembers her evil deeds.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

because her sins have reached up to heaven,

and God has remembered her crimes.

KJV 1900King James Version

For her sins have reached unto heaven,

And God hath remembered her iniquities.