Revelation 17:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Revelation 17:2

The Scarlet Woman and the Scarlet Beast

1 Then ^aone of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying¹ to me, “Come, ^bI will show you the judgment of ^cthe great harlot ^dwho sits on many waters,

2 ^awith whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and ^bthe inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

3 So he carried me away in the Spirit ^ainto the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting ^bon a scarlet beast which was full of ^cnames of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 The woman ^awas arrayed in purple and scarlet, ^band adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, ^chaving in her hand a golden cup ^dfull of abominations and the filthiness of¹ her fornication.

5 And on her forehead a name was written: ^aMYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Verse Comparison: Revelation 17:2

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American Standard Version
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.

Amplified® Bible
[She] with whom the rulers of the earth have joined in prostitution (idolatry) and with the wine of whose immorality (idolatry) the inhabitants of the earth have become intoxicated.

Contemporary English Version
Every king on earth has slept with her, and her shameless ways are like wine that has made everyone on earth drunk."

Darby English Version
with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Good News Bible
The kings of the earth practiced sexual immorality with her, and the people of the world became drunk from drinking the wine of her immorality."

International Standard Version
The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those living on earth became drunk with the wine of her immorality."

King James Version
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

New American Standard Bible
with whom the kings of the earth committed {acts of} immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality."

New International Version
With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries."

New King James Version
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth had become drunk with the wine of her immorality."

Young's Literal Translation
with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;'

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