Revelation 11:7-9

International Children’s Bible

⁷When the two witnesses have finished telling their message, the beast will fight against them. This is the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit. He will defeat them and kill them. ⁸The bodies of the two witnesses will lie in the street of the great city. This city is named Sodom^[a] and Egypt. These names for the city have a special meaning. It is the city where the Lord was killed. ⁹Men from every race of people, tribe, language, and nation will look at the bodies of the two witnesses for three and a half days. They will refuse to bury them.

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Footnotes

11:8 Sodom City that God destroyed because the people were so evil.

Revelation 11:7-9

New International Version

⁷Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast^(A) that comes up from the Abyss^(B) will attack them,^(C) and overpower and kill them. ⁸Their bodies will lie in the public square of the great city^(D)—which is figuratively called Sodom^(E) and Egypt—where also their Lord was crucified.^(F) ⁹For three and a half days some from every people, tribe, language and nation^(G) will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial.^(H)

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Revelation 11:7-9

King James Version

⁷And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

⁸And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

⁹And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

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