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Revelation 2:9

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2:9‘I know the distress you are suffering28 and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know29 the slander against you30 by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue31 of Satan.

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Footnotes

  1. 28 Or “know your suffering.” This could refer to suffering or distress caused by persecution (see L&N 22.2).
  2. 29 Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “I also know” to link this English sentence back to “I know” at the beginning of the verse.
  3. 30 The words “against you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
  4. 31 A synagogue was a place for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (e.g., Mt 4:23, Mk 1:21, Lk 4:15, Jn 6:59).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“ ‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I know your affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I know about your suffering and your poverty—but you are rich! I know the blasphemy of those opposing you. They say they are Jews, but they are not, because their synagogue belongs to Satan.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

‘I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those who call themselves Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

KJV 1900King James Version

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.