REV 2:22 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Listen, I’m going to punish her with a terrible sickness, and to punish those who are committing adultery with her with terrible suffering if they don’t turn away from what she’s doing.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
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 Behold! I will throw her onto a bed, and the ones committing adultery with her into great tribulation, if they do not repent of her deeds.

UST Pay attention! I am going to punish her with a terrible sickness. I will also cause those who act immorally as she does to suffer greatly if they do not stop doing what she does

BSB Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her [will suffer] great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.

MSB Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her [will suffer] great tribulation unless they repent of her[fn] deeds.

BLB Behold, I will cast her into a sickbed, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they shall repent of her deeds.

AICNT Behold, I am throwing her into a bed,[fn] and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent from {her}[fn] works.

2:22, bed: Or, “I will throw her on a sickbed." The Greek text says only "I throw her on a bed," but this is obviously a punishment in the form of an illness. (UBS Handbooks for the New Testament [20 Vols.] [American Bible Society, 2021]. Revelation 2:22).

2:22, her: Later manuscripts read “their.” TR

OEB Therefore I am laying her on a bed of sickness, and bringing great suffering on those who are unfaithful with her, unless they repent and turn from a life like hers.

WEBBE Behold, I will throw her and those who commit adultery with her into a bed of great oppression, unless they repent of her works.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(20-23)“But why do you let that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet mislead my dear servants into Cross-denying, self-indulging religion? I gave her a chance to change her ways, but she has no intention of giving up a career in the god-business. I’m about to lay her low, along with her partners, as they play their sex-and-religion games. The bastard offspring of their idol-whoring I’ll kill. Then every church will know that appearances don’t impress me. I x-ray every motive and make sure you get what’s coming to you.

NET Look! I am throwing her onto a bed of violent illness, and those who commit adultery with her into terrible suffering, unless they repent of her deeds.

LSV behold, I will cast her into a bed, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation—if they may not convert from her works,

FBV So I'm throwing her into a bed together with her adulterous partners and they will suffer terribly unless they repent of what they have done with her.

TCNT Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent from [fn]her works.

2:22 her 𝔐^C,K [72.5%] ¦ their 𝔐^A TR [27.5%]

T4T As a result, I will cause her to become very ill [MTY]. I will also cause those who act immorally as she does [MET] to suffer greatly, if they do not stop doing what she does.

LEB Behold, I am throwing her into a sickbed and those who committed adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent from her deeds.

BBE See, I will put her into a bed, and those who make themselves unclean with her, into great trouble, if they go on with her works.

Moff Lo, I will lay her on a sickbed, and bring her paramours into sore distress, if they do not repent of her practices;

Wymth I tell you that I am about to cast her upon a bed of sickness, and I will severely afflict those who commit adultery with her, unless they repent of conduct such as hers.

ASV Behold, I cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works.

DRA Behold, I will cast her into a bed: and they that commit adultery with her shall be in very great tribulation, except they do penance from their deeds.

YLT lo, I will cast her into a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation — if they may not repent of their works,

Drby Behold, I cast her into a bed, and those that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,

RV Behold, I do cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works.

SLT Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them committing adultery with her into great pressure, except they repent of their works.

Wbstr Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

KJB-1769 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

KJB-1611 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her, into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Beholde, I wyll cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her into great aduersitie, except they turne from their deedes:
(Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her into great aduersitie, except they turn from their deeds:)

Gnva Beholde, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her, into great affliction, except they repent them of their workes.
(Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her, into great affliction, except they repent them of their works. )

Cvdl Beholde, I wil cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornicacion with her, in to gret aduersite, excepte they turne from their dedes.
(Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her, in to great adversity, except they turn from their deeds.)

TNT Beholde I will caste her into a beed and them that commyt fornicacion with her into gret adversite excepte they tourne from their deades.
(Behold I will cast/threw her into a bed and them that commyt fornication with her into great adversite except they turn from their deades. )

Wycl And lo! Y sende hir in to a bed, and thei that doen letcherie with hir schulen be in moost tribulacioun, but thei don penaunce of hir werkis.
(And lo! I send her in to a bed, and they that doing lechery/lust with her should be in most tribulation, but they done penance of her works.)

Luth Siehe, ich werfe sie in ein Bett, und die mit ihr die Ehe gebrochen haben, in große Trübsal, wo sie nicht Buße tun für ihre Werke.
(See/Look, I throw they/she/them in a bed, and the with you(pl)/their/her the Before/marriage broken have, in large gloom/sorrow/afflictions, where they/she/them not repentance do/put for/in_favour_of their/her work.)

ClVg Ecce mittam eam in lectum: et qui mœchantur cum ea, in tribulatione maxima erunt, nisi pœnitentiam ab operibus suis egerint.
(Behold I_will_send her in/into/on bed: and who/which mœchantur when/with them, in/into/on tribulation maxima they_will_be, except repentance away works to_his_own they_did. )

UGNT ἰδοὺ, βάλλω αὐτὴν εἰς κλίνην, καὶ τοὺς μοιχεύοντας μετ’ αὐτῆς εἰς θλῖψιν μεγάλην, ἐὰν μὴ μετανοήσουσιν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῆς.
(idou, ballō autaʸn eis klinaʸn, kai tous moiⱪeuontas met’ autaʸs eis thlipsin megalaʸn, ean maʸ metanoaʸsousin ek tōn ergōn autaʸs.)

SBL-GNT ἰδοὺ βάλλω αὐτὴν εἰς κλίνην, καὶ τοὺς μοιχεύοντας μετʼ αὐτῆς εἰς θλῖψιν μεγάλην, ἐὰν μὴ ⸀μετανοήσωσιν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῆς·
(idou ballō autaʸn eis klinaʸn, kai tous moiⱪeuontas metʼ autaʸs eis thlipsin megalaʸn, ean maʸ ⸀metanoaʸsōsin ek tōn ergōn autaʸs;)

RP-GNT Ἰδού, βάλλω αὐτὴν εἰς κλίνην, καὶ τοὺς μοιχεύοντας μετ' αὐτῆς εἰς θλίψιν μεγάλην, ἐὰν μὴ μετανοήσωσιν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῆς.
(Idou, ballō autaʸn eis klinaʸn, kai tous moiⱪeuontas met' autaʸs eis thlipsin megalaʸn, ean maʸ metanoaʸsōsin ek tōn ergōn autaʸs.)

TC-GNT Ἰδού, [fn]βάλλω αὐτὴν εἰς κλίνην καὶ τοὺς μοιχεύοντας μετ᾽ αὐτῆς εἰς θλίψιν μεγάλην, ἐὰν μὴ [fn]μετανοήσωσιν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων [fn]αὐτῆς·
(Idou, ballō autaʸn eis klinaʸn kai tous moiⱪeuontas meta autaʸs eis thlipsin megalaʸn, ean maʸ metanoaʸsōsin ek tōn ergōn autaʸs; )

2:22 βαλλω 𝔐^A,C,K [82.9%] ¦ βαλω MSS [14.7%] ¦ εγω βαλλω TR [1.4%]

2:22 μετανοησωσιν 𝔐^A,C,K [97.7%] ¦ μετανοησουσιν WH [0.9%]

2:22 αυτης 𝔐^C,K [72.5%] ¦ αυτων 𝔐^A TR [27.5%]

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

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:18–29: Jesus spoke to the church at Thyatira

In this section, Jesus spoke to the people who believed in him at Thyatira. He saw that they had grown in their faith. Jesus warned them about allowing an immoral woman named Jezebel to remain among them. He encouraged the believers who had not followed Jezebel’s sinful teachings to remain faithful. Lastly, he gave a promise for any believer who persevered in his faith.

Translate this heading as you did for the other messages to the churches.

2:22a

Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness,

Look, I am throwing her on a bed of pain,
Indeed/Hey, I will now cause her to suffer physically.

Behold: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Behold is literally “look.” The word emphasizes or calls attention to the words that follow. This word is not a command to look at something.

If you have a word or phrase with that meaning, you may want to use it here. Some examples are:

Look, (NJB)

Beware, (NRSV)

Indeed/Hey,

I will cast her onto a bed of sickness: The Greek clause is literally “I am throwing her on a bed.” It is probably a Hebrew idiom that means “I will now cause her to become sick/ill.” The BSB adds the words of sickness in order to indicate this meaning. Other ways to translate this clause are:

I will throw her on a sickbed (RSV)

I will cause her to become so ill that she cannot get out of bed

In some languages a literal translation would not have the correct meaning. If that is true in your language, translate the meaning of the idiom. For example:

I will cause her body to suffer

I will cast: The Greek grammar here is the present tense. Here the present tense indicates “immediately” or “as I speak.”

2:22b

and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation

and those who commit adultery with her, into great distress,
And I will now cause her partners in adultery to undergo a severe ordeal/hardship,

those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation: The Greek words are literally “those who commit adultery with her into great suffering.” The main verb is from 2:22a—“I will cast.” Other ways to translate this clause are:

all her partners in adultery to great hardship (NJB)

those who committed adultery with her will suffer terribly (GNT)

those who commit adultery with her I am throwing into great distress (NRSV)

commit adultery: This phrase refers to sexual immorality of all kinds. It has the same meaning as “commit sexual immorality” in 2:14e.

2:22c

unless they repent of her deeds.

unless they repent of her practices.
unless they stop sinning, change their thinking, and stop following her teachings.

unless they repent of her deeds: There are two issues here.

Issue 1—The Greek text

There is a textual issue here:

The earliest Greek manuscripts have her. For example:
her (GNT) (BSB, RSV, NIV, GNT, NASB, NABRE, NLT, GW, CEV, NET, REB, ESV, NCV)
Some later Greek manuscripts have their. For example:
their (KJV) (KJV, NJB)

It is recommended that you follow option (1), because the UBS Greek NT 4 apparatus recommends it.

This phrase indicates that the people were acting the same as the woman. In some languages it is not possible to say that people must repent of someone else’s deeds. In some languages it is more natural to refer to doing the same things. For example:

repent and stop acting as she does

Issue 2—Meaning

This phrase indicates that if these people repented, then they would not have to suffer. If they stopped committing adultery and eating food sacrificed to idols, God would forgive them. Other ways to translate this phrase are:

if they do not turn away from the wrongs she does (NCV)

unless they repent and turn away from her evil deeds (NLT)

General Comment on 2:22b–c

The cause (2:22c) is stated after the consequence (2:22b). In some languages it is more natural to have the cause first. For example:

^22cUnless they repent of her deeds, ^22bthose who commit adultery with her suffer great tribulation.

^22cIf they do not repent of her deeds, ^22bthose who commit adultery with her suffer great tribulation.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

βάλλω αὐτὴν εἰς κλίνην

˱I˲_˓am˒_casting (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἰδού βάλλω αὐτήν εἰς κλίνην καί τούς μοιχεύοντας μετʼ αὐτῆς εἰς θλῖψιν μεγάλην ἐάν μή μετανοήσουσιν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῆς)

Jesus is referring to punishing Jezebel with sickness by association with the bed that she would have to lie on because she was sick. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will punish her by making her gravely ill]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

τοὺς μοιχεύοντας μετ’ αὐτῆς εἰς θλῖψιν μεγάλην

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἰδού βάλλω αὐτήν εἰς κλίνην καί τούς μοιχεύοντας μετʼ αὐτῆς εἰς θλῖψιν μεγάλην ἐάν μή μετανοήσουσιν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῆς)

Jesus is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [I will throw the ones committing adultery with her into great tribulation]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom