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Revelation 18:8
New English Translation
Revelation 18:8
New English Translation
8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues[a] in a single day: disease,[b] mourning,[c] and famine, and she will be burned down[d] with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”
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- Revelation 18:8 tn Grk “For this reason, her plagues will come.”
- Revelation 18:8 tn Grk “death.” θάνατος (thanatos) can in particular contexts refer to a manner of death, specifically a contagious disease (see BDAG 443 s.v. 3; L&N 23.158).
- Revelation 18:8 tn This is the same Greek word (πένθος, penthos) translated “grief” in vv. 7-8.
- Revelation 18:8 tn Here “burned down” was used to translate κατακαυθήσεται (katakauthēsetai) because a city is in view.
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