Revelation 11:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Revelation 11:5

3 And I will give power to my two ^awitnesses, ^band they will prophesy ^cone thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

4 These are the ^atwo olive trees and the two lampstands standing before the¹ God of the earth.

5 And if anyone wants to harm them, ^afire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. ^bAnd if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.

6 These ^ahave power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.

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7 When they ^afinish their testimony, ^bthe beast that ascends ^cout of the bottomless pit ^dwill make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.

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

9 ^aThen those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations¹ will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, ^band not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves.

Verse Comparison: Revelation 11:5

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American Standard Version
And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed.

Amplified® Bible
And if anyone attempts to injure them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their enemies; if anyone should attempt to harm them, thus he is doomed to be slain. [II Kings 1:10; Jer. 5:14.]

Contemporary English Version
Any enemy who tries to harm them will be destroyed by the fire that comes out of their mouths.

Darby English Version
and if any one wills to injure them, fire goes out of their mouth, and devours their enemies. And if any one wills to injure them, thus must he be killed.

Good News Bible
If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and destroys their enemies; and in this way whoever tries to harm them will be killed.

International Standard Version
And if anyone should want to hurt them, fire comes out of their mouths and burns up their enemies. If anyone wants to hurt them, he must be killed in the same way.

King James Version
And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

New American Standard Bible
And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.

New International Version
If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.

New King James Version
And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he will forfeit his life.

Young's Literal Translation
and if any one may will to injure them, fire doth proceed out of their mouth, and doth devour their enemies, and if any one may will to injure them, thus it behoveth him to be killed.

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