Verse 8

And another angel followed, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og en annen engel fulgte etter, og sa: Babel er falt, er falt, den store byen, fordi hun har fått alle nasjoner til å drikke av vinen fra sin hor.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og en annen engel fulgte etter og sa, Babel den store er falt, hun er falt, fordi hun har drukket vinen av sin utroskap, og har fått alle folkene til å drikke.

• Norsk King James

  Og det kom en annen engel etter ham, og sa: Babylon er falt, er falt, den store byen, for hun fikk alle nasjoner til å drikke av vinen fra sin utroskap.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  En annen engel fulgte og sa: Babylon, den store byen, er falt, er falt! For den har latt alle folkeslag drikke av sin horetts rasende vin.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og en annen engel fulgte etter og sa: Falt, falt er det store Babylon, som har gitt alle folkeslag drikke av vredens vin fra sin utukt!

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Og en annen engel fulgte, som sa: Babylon, den store byen, har falt! Fordi alle folkeslag har drukket av vredens vin fra hennes utukt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og en annen engel fulgte etter og sa: Babylon er falt, den store byen, fordi hun har fått alle nasjonene til å drikke av vreden fra hennes utukt.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  En annen engel fulgte etter og ropte: 'Babylon er falt, den store byen, fordi hun har fått alle nasjoner til å drikke den vin som er vreden for hennes utukt.'

• gpt4.5-preview

  Og en annen engel fulgte etter og sa: «Falt, falt er Babylon, den store byen, som har latt alle folkeslag drikke av vredesvinet fra hennes utukt.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og en annen engel fulgte etter og sa: «Falt, falt er Babylon, den store byen, som har latt alle folkeslag drikke av vredesvinet fra hennes utukt.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  En annen engel fulgte etter, og han sa: Falt er falt, Babylon den store, som lot alle folkeslag drikke av vredens vin fra hennes hor.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  A second angel followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great, who made all the nations drink the wine of her passionate immorality."

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  En annen engel fulgte, og sa: Falt, falt er Babylon den store byen, som fikk alle folkeslag til å drikke av vinens vrede for hennes utukt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og den anden Engel fulgte, som sagde: Den er falden, den er falden, Babylon, den store Stad, fordi den haver givet alle Hedninger at drikke af sit Horeries giftige Viin.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that gat city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og en annen engel fulgte etter, og sa: Falt, falt er Babylon, den store byen, fordi hun fikk alle nasjonene til å drikke av vreden fra sin utukt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  En annen, en annen engel, fulgte, og sa: «Stor-Babylon er falt, som har fått alle nasjonene til å drikke av vreden i sin utukt.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og en annen engel fulgte etter og sa: Falt, falt er Babylon, den store byen, fordi hun har gitt alle folkeslag å drikke av sin horeri's vredes vin.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og en annen, en annen engel, fulgte etter og sa: Falt, falt er Babylon den store, som har fått alle folkeslag til å drikke av hennes horeri-vins vrede.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og en annen engel fulgte etter, og sa: Babylon, den store, har falt, hun som lot alle nasjoner drikke vreden fra sitt horerik vin.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And there folowed another angell sayinge: Babilon is fallen is fallen that gret cite for she made all nacions drynke of the wyne of hyr fornicacion.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And there folowed another angell, sayenge: She is fallen, she is fallen: eue Babilon that greate cite, for she made all nacions drynke off the wyne off hyr whordome.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And there followed another Angel, saying, Babylon that great citie is fallen, it is fallen: for she made all nations to drinke of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And there folowed another angell, saying: Babylon is fallen is fallen that great citie, for she made all nations drinke of the wyne of the wrath of her fornication.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And another messenger did follow, saying, `Fall, fall, did Babylon, the great city, because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom she hath given to all nations to drink.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And a second angel came after, saying, Destruction has come to Babylon the great, which gave to all the nations the wine of the wrath of her evil ways.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A second angel followed the first, declaring:“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! She made all the nations drink of the wine of her immoral passion.”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 21:9 : 9 And, behold, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.
• Jer 51:7-8 : 7 Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunk; the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed; howl for her, take balm for her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.
• Rev 18:2-3 : 2 And he cried out mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become the dwelling of demons, and the prison of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the abundance of her luxuries.
• Rev 16:19 : 19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell; and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
• Rev 11:8 : 8 And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
• Rev 13:15-17 : 15 And he had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 And that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.
• Rev 17:2-6 : 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication: 5 And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus; and when I saw her, I marveled with great wonder.
• Rev 17:18 : 18 The woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.
• Jer 51:64 : 64 And you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
• Ezek 16:15-22 : 15 But you trusted in your own beauty, and played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your fornications on everyone that passed by; it was his. 16 And of your garments you took, and decked your high places with different colors, and played the harlot thereupon; such things shall not come, nor shall it be so. 17 You have also taken your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and committed whoredom with them, 18 And took your embroidered garments, and covered them; and you have set my oil and my incense before them. 19 My food also which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you have even set it before them for a sweet aroma; and thus it was, says the Lord GOD. 20 Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of your whoredoms a small matter, 21 That you have slain my children and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? 22 And in all your abominations and your whoredoms you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and were polluted in your blood.
• Dan 4:30 : 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?
• Nah 3:19 : 19 There is no healing for your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the report of you shall clap their hands over you: for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
• Rev 18:10-11 : 10 Standing far off for fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour your judgment has come. 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no one buys their merchandise any more:
• Rev 18:18-21 : 18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like this great city! 19 And they threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea were made rich by her wealth! for in one hour she is made desolate. 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her. 21 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.
• Rev 19:2 : 2 For true and righteous are His judgments: for He has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.