Revelation 18:21 “Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone an…”

Revelation 18:21

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

World English Bible

A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.

American Standard Version

And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then a mightie Angell tooke vp a stone like a great milstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, With such violence shall that great citie Babylon be cast, and shalbe found no more.

Darby Translation

And a strong angel took up a stone, as a great millstone, and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall Babylon the great city be cast down, and shall be found no more at all;

Young's Literal Translation

And one strong messenger did take up a stone as a great millstone, and did cast [it] to the sea, saying, 'Thus with violence shall Babylon be cast, the great city, and may not be found any more at all;

Bible in Basic English

And a strong angel took up a stone like the great stone with which grain is crushed, and sent it into the sea, saying, So, with a great fall, will Babylon, the great town, come to destruction, and will not be seen any more at all.

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Cross references

“Thus”

Exodus 15:5 Nehemiah 9:11 Jeremiah 51:63 Jeremiah 51:64

Exodus 15:5 · BSB

The depths have covered them; they sank there like a stone.

Nehemiah 9:11 · BSB

You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

Jeremiah 51:63 · BSB

When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.

Jeremiah 51:64 · BSB

Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.

“and shall”

Ezekiel 26:21 Revelation 18:22 Revelation 12:8 Revelation 16:20 Revelation 20:11 Job 20:8

Ezekiel 26:21 · BSB

I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Revelation 18:22 · BSB

And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.

Revelation 12:8 · BSB

But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.

Revelation 16:20 · BSB

Then every island fled, and no mountain could be found.

Revelation 20:11 · BSB

Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

Job 20:8 · BSB

He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Also

Revelation 5:2 Revelation 10:1 Revelation 18:10

Revelation 5:2 · BSB

And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

Revelation 10:1 · BSB

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Revelation 18:10 · BSB

In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

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

In context

20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

22And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.

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