Revelation 17:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Revelation 17:18 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the woman that thou didst see is the great city that is having reign over the kings of the land.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 17:18 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 2:40Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; for iron shatters and crushes all things, and like iron that crushes all things, it will shatter and crush all the others.
- Daniel 7:23This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it.
- Luke 2:1Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
- Revelation 12:4His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
- Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
- Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).