REV 18:24 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The blood of the prophets and the believers and all the others who’ve been murdered can be found in that city.”[ref]

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints
⇔  and of all the ones having been slain on the earth.”

UST The city is also guilty of killing the prophets and others of God’s people. Indeed, because it used violence and set an example of violence, it is guilty of every murder that people committed on the earth!”

BSB And there was found in her [the] blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.

MSB And there was found in her [the] blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.

BLB And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all those having been slain on the earth.

AICNT And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints and of all who have been slain on the earth.”

OEB Yes, and in her was to be found the blood of the prophets and of Christ’s people, and of all who have been put to death on the earth.

WEBBE In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.”

WMBB In her was found the blood of prophets and of holy ones, and of all who have been slain on the earth.”

NET The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her,
⇔ along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”

LSV and in her blood of prophets and of holy ones was found, and of all those who have been slain on the earth.”

FBV In her the blood of prophets and believers was found, and of all those who have been killed on the earth.”

TCNT § And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.

T4T You are also responsible for killing [MTY] the prophets and others of God’s people. Indeed, you are the ones who are guilty for the deaths of all those who have been {whom others have} killed on the earth!”

LEB • And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints and all those who had been slaughtered on the earth.

BBE And in her was seen the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been put to death on the earth.

Moff And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints,
⇔ of all who were slain upon earth."

Wymth And in her was found the blood of Prophets and of God's people and of all who had been put to death on the earth."
¶ 

ASV And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.

DRA And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

YLT and in her blood of prophets and of saints was found, and of all those who have been slain on the earth.'

Drby And in her was found [the] blood of prophets and saints, and of all the slain upon the earth.

RV And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.
(And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain/killed upon the earth. )

SLT And in her was found the blood of the prophets, and of the holy, and of all those slain upon the earth.

Wbstr And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

KJB-1769 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
(And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain/killed upon the earth. )

KJB-1611 And in her was found the blood of Prophets, and of Saints, and of all that were slaine vpon the earth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And in her was founde the blood of the prophetes, and of the saintes, and of all that were slayne vpon the earth.
(And in her was found the blood of the prophets, and of the saints, and of all that were slain/killed upon the earth.)

Gnva And in her was found the blood of the Prophets, and of the Saints, and of all that were slaine vpon the earth.
(And in her was found the blood of the Prophets, and of the Saints, and of all that were slain/killed upon the earth. )

Cvdl and in her was founde the bloude of the prophetes, and of the sayntes, and of all that were slayne vpo the earth.
(and in her was found the blood of the prophets, and of the saints, and of all that were slain/killed upon the earth.)

TNT and in her was founde the bloude of the prophettes and of the saynctes and of all that were slayne apon the erth.
(and in her was found the blood of the prophettes and of the saynctes and of all that were slain/killed upon the earth. )

Wycl And the blood of prophetis and seyntis is foundun in it, and of alle men that ben slayn in erthe.
(And the blood of prophets and saints is found in it, and of all men that been slain/killed in earth.)

Luth Und das Blut der Propheten und der Heiligen ist in ihr erfunden worden und aller derer, die auf Erden erwürget sind.
(And the blood the/of_the prophet(s) and the/of_the saints/holy_ones is in you(pl)/their/her invented been and all those/of_those, the on/in/to earth/land/ground strangled/choked are.)

ClVg Et in ea sanguis prophetarum et sanctorum inventus est: et omnium qui interfecti sunt in terra.
(And in/into/on them blood of_the_prophets and holy_place found it_is: and of_all who/which killed are in/into/on earth/land. )

UGNT καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ αἷμα προφητῶν καὶ ἁγίων εὑρέθη, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐσφαγμένων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
(kai en autaʸ haima profaʸtōn kai hagiōn heurethaʸ, kai pantōn tōn esfagmenōn epi taʸs gaʸs.)

SBL-GNT καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ ⸀αἷμα προφητῶν καὶ ἁγίων εὑρέθη καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐσφαγμένων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
(kai en autaʸ ⸀haima profaʸtōn kai hagiōn heurethaʸ kai pantōn tōn esfagmenōn epi taʸs gaʸs.)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ αἵματα προφητῶν καὶ ἁγίων εὑρέθη, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐσφαγμένων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
(Kai en autaʸ haimata profaʸtōn kai hagiōn heurethaʸ, kai pantōn tōn esfagmenōn epi taʸs gaʸs.)

TC-GNT § Καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ [fn]αἵματα προφητῶν καὶ ἁγίων εὑρέθη, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐσφαγμένων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
( § Kai en autaʸ haimata profaʸtōn kai hagiōn heurethaʸ, kai pantōn tōn esfagmenōn epi taʸs gaʸs. )

18:24 αιματα 𝔐^A,C,K 81.8% ¦ αιμα CT TR 18.2%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 18:1–24: Announcements/Messages about Babylon

In this section, three heavenly beings each announce something about Babylon. The first announcement is that the city is destroyed. Her riches and prosperity have been taken away.

The second announcement is that God’s people should leave Babylon before God destroys her. It also describes how kings and others mourn over the destroyed city.

The third announcement is that Babylon will never be built again.

Other examples of headings for this section are:

An angel announced that Babylon was destroyed, and some groups are sad

Announcements about the destruction of Babylon

Various people talk about Babylon

18:24a–b

And: This Greek conjunction probably indicates that 18:24a–b continues telling more reasons why Babylon was destroyed. For example:

For (JPB)

there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth: There are two ways to interpret who spoke these words:

The angel who began speaking in 18:21 continues speaking here. The ending quote mark occurs at the end of 18:24. (RSV, NIV, NJB, NASB, NABRE, NLT, GW, CEV, NET, NCV, ESV)
The angel stopped speaking at 18:23 and John wrote his own thoughts here. The ending quote mark occurs at the end of 18:23. (BSB, GNT, REB)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1).Aune (page 965) supports interpretation (1). And Beale (page 923) says, “The second hoti of v 23 does double duty and thus also introduces v 24.”

18:24a

And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints,

and in her the blood of prophets and of saints was found,
God has found her responsible for the blood/death of prophets, other of God’s people,
She was guilty for the deaths of prophets and other saints,

there was found in her the blood: In the Greek, the phrase in her is emphasized by being first in the clause. If possible, emphasize this phrase.

In some English versions, the verb phrase there was found occurs before the subject (blood). This is an English poetic style that also emphasizes the verb phrase. In the Greek, the verb is not emphasized. Other ways to translate this clause are:

The blood of prophets, God’s people, and everyone who had been murdered on earth was found in it (GW)

In your streets flowed the blood… (NLT)

This clause indicates that the city was responsible for killing prophets, saints, and all others who were killed. For example:

You are guilty of the death… (NCV)

This clause is passive. Some ways to translate it are:

Use a passive clause. For example:
In her was seen the blood
Use an active clause. For example:
God has found her responsible for the blood…
Use a verb that implies that God considered her to be responsible. For example:
She is guilty/responsible for the blood…
She is guilty of killing…

in her: The Greek uses the pronoun her to refer to Babylon. In 18:23a–d the angel used the second person pronoun “you.” In some languages it is more natural to continue using the second person. For example:

In you

Or you may have continued to use the pronoun “she” in 18:23a–d, based on how you translated 18:21c–d. If that is true, continue using “she/her” here. Also see note on 18:21c–24b.

of prophets and saints: The prophets are saints who have the gift of prophecy. For example:

prophets and other saints

prophets: A prophet is a person to whom God gives a message. The message may include a vision, as in Ezekiel 1 and Daniel 8. The message, called a prophecy, may reveal something about past events, current events, or future events. The prophet speaks God’s message to the people or writes it down for their use. See how you translated this word in 18:20.

saints: The Greek word that the BSB translates as saints means “holy ones.” It refers to all believers. See how you translated this word in 18:20.

18:24b

and of all who had been slain on the earth.

even the blood of all who have been killed on the earth.”
and indeed responsible for all whom someone killed on the earth.”
even the deaths of all those people killed on the earth.”

all who had been slain on the earth: This clause is passive. Some languages must use an active clause. For example:

all whom others have slain on the earth

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

εὑρέθη

˓was˒_found

Here the expression was found means “could be found” or “was there.” Alternate translation: [was]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν αὐτῇ αἷμα προφητῶν καὶ ἁγίων εὑρέθη

in her ˓the˒_blood ˱of˲_prophets (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐν αὐτῇ αἷμα προφητῶν καί ἁγίων εὑρέθη καί πάντων τῶν ἐσφαγμένων ἐπί τῆς γῆς)

The implication is that this blood is evidence that Babylon is guilty of killing the prophets and saints. You can provide this information in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [she was clearly guilty of killing prophets and saints]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

πάντων τῶν ἐσφαγμένων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς

˱of˲_all the_‹ones› ˓having_been˒_slain (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐν αὐτῇ αἷμα προφητῶν καί ἁγίων εὑρέθη καί πάντων τῶν ἐσφαγμένων ἐπί τῆς γῆς)

This could mean: (1) that the angel is saying all here as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [of ones having been slain throughout the earth] (2) that the angel is using a passive verbal form (See: next note) to refer to all the other ones, besides prophets and saints, whom Babylon slew. Alternate translation: [of all the other ones she slew on the earth]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πάντων τῶν ἐσφαγμένων

˱of˲_all the_‹ones› ˓having_been˒_slain

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [of all the ones she slew]

Parallel REV 18:24

Section 18:1–24: Announcements/Messages about Babylon

18:24a–b

18:24a

18:24b