Revelation 18:23

and [the] light of{[a] lamp}, no, would_not_be-revealed in to{you} still, and [the] sound of{bridegroom} and of{bride}, no, would_not_be-heard in to{you} still, that the traveler[merchant]s of{you} have-been-being the magnates of{the earth}, that in to{the potion-ia} of{you} all the nations are-led-astray,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

In Context

22and [the] sound of{kithara[translit.]-ers/cithara[Latinized]-ers/[type of]lyre-ers} and of{musical[plural]} and of{flutists} and of{trumpeters}, no, would_not_be-heard in to{you} still, and every crafter of{every craft}, no, would_not_be-discovered in to{you} still, and [the] sound of{[a] millstone}, no, would_not_be-heard in to{you} still,

24and in to{same} is-discovered [the] blood of{prophets} and of{holy[plural]}, and of{all the having-been-slaughtered} upon of{the earth}."

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Cross References

Acts 8:11Moreover, they-have-been-having-toward to{same} through the to{sufficient time} to{the Magia/magic-arts} to-have-astounded same.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 18:10-24

The Fall of Babylon. ( a. d. 95.) 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and… Read the whole commentary →

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