Revelation 18:6 “Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for wh…”

Revelation 18:6

Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

World English Bible

Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.

American Standard Version

Render unto her even as she rendered, and double unto her the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.

Geneva Bible 1599

Rewarde her, euen as she hath rewarded you, and giue her double according to her workes: and in the cup that she hath filled to you, fill her ye double.

Darby Translation

Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double [to her] double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.

Young's Literal Translation

Render to her as also she did render to you, and double to her doubles according to her works; in the cup that she did mingle mingle to her double.

Bible in Basic English

Give to her as she gave, even an increased reward for her works; in the cup which was mixed by her, let there be mixed as much again for herself.

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Cross references

“Reward”

Jeremiah 50:29 Psalm 137:8 Jeremiah 50:15 Jeremiah 51:24 Jeremiah 51:49 Exodus 21:23–25

Jeremiah 50:29 · BSB

Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 137:8 · BSB

O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

Jeremiah 50:15 · BSB

Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has…

Jeremiah 51:24 · BSB

Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:49 · BSB

“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.

Exodus 21:23–25 · BSB

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

“double unto”

Jeremiah 16:18 Jeremiah 17:18 Zechariah 9:12 Isaiah 40:2 Isaiah 61:7

Jeremiah 16:18 · BSB

And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”

Jeremiah 17:18 · BSB

Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.

Zechariah 9:12 · BSB

Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.

Isaiah 40:2 · BSB

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

Isaiah 61:7 · BSB

Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

“the cup”

Revelation 14:10 Revelation 16:19 Revelation 17:4 Revelation 17:2

Revelation 14:10 · BSB

he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

Revelation 16:19 · BSB

The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.

Revelation 17:4 · BSB

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.

Revelation 17:2 · BSB

The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.”

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

In context

5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

7As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

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