Revelation 17:14

The rulers and the beast will fight against Jesus, the one who is like a lamb. He will defeat them, because he is Lord who rules over all other lords and the King who rules over all other kings. Those people who are with Jesus and helping him are the ones whom God has chosen, and who keep serving him faithfully.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

In Context

13Those rulers will all agree to do the same thing. As a result they will give to the beast their power to rule people as well as their authority to rule people [DOU].

15Then the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw in the city where the prostitute sits represent people- groups, multitudes of people, nations, and speakers of many languages [MTY].

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Cross References

Psalms 2:8Ask me to give you the nations, so that they belong to you to rule over them permanently, and I will give them to you. Even the most remote nations will be yours.

Psalms 110:5Yahweh stands in the place of highest honor at your right side; when he becomes angry, he will defeat many kings.

Psalms 136:3Thank the Lord who is greater than all other lords/rulers; his faithful love for us endures forever.

Proverbs 8:15When kings are wise, they rule well; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair.

Jeremiah 1:19They will oppose you, but they will not be able to defeat you, because I will be with you and will protect you. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!”

Daniel 2:44But while those kings are ruling, God who rules in heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. No one will ever defeat its king. He will completely destroy all those kingdoms, but his kingdom will remain forever.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 17:8-14

The Fall of Babylon. ( a. d. 95.) 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9… Read the whole commentary →

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