Revelation 13:10 ““If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if an…”

Revelation 13:10

“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

World English Bible

If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

American Standard Version

If any man is for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Geneva Bible 1599

If any leade into captiuitie, hee shall go into captiuitie: if any kill with a sword, he must be killed by a sword: here is the patience and the faith of the Saints.

Darby Translation

If any one [leads] into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with [the] sword, he must with [the] sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Young's Literal Translation

if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Bible in Basic English

If any man sends others into prison, into prison he will go: if any man puts to death with the sword, with the sword will he be put to death. Here is the quiet strength and the faith of the saints.

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Cross references

“that leadeth”

Isaiah 33:1 Isaiah 14:2 Matthew 7:2 Exodus 21:23–25

Isaiah 33:1 · BSB

Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

Isaiah 14:2 · BSB

The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over th…

Matthew 7:2 · BSB

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Exodus 21:23–25 · BSB

But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—

“he that killeth”

Matthew 26:52 Revelation 16:6 Isaiah 26:21 Genesis 9:5 Genesis 9:6

Matthew 26:52 · BSB

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Revelation 16:6 · BSB

For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”

Isaiah 26:21 · BSB

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

Genesis 9:5 · BSB

And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

Genesis 9:6 · BSB

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

“Here”

Revelation 14:12 Revelation 3:10 Luke 21:19 Hebrews 6:12 Revelation 2:2 Luke 18:1–8

Revelation 14:12 · BSB

Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Revelation 3:10 · BSB

Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

Luke 21:19 · BSB

By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

Hebrews 6:12 · BSB

Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Revelation 2:2 · BSB

I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

Luke 18:1–8 · BSB

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

Also

Jeremiah 15:2 Jeremiah 43:11

Jeremiah 15:2 · BSB

If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those…

Jeremiah 43:11 · BSB

He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9He who has an ear, let him hear:

11Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.

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