Revelation 18:21

NETBible

Then 1  one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, “With this kind of sudden violent force 2  Babylon the great city will be thrown down 3  and it will never be found again!

NIV ©

Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: "With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again.

NASB ©

Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer.

NLT ©

Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder as large as a great millstone. He threw it into the ocean and shouted, "Babylon, the great city, will be thrown down as violently as I have thrown away this stone, and she will disappear forever.

MSG ©

A strong Angel reached for a boulder--huge, like a millstone--and heaved it into the sea, saying, Heaved and sunk, the great city Babylon, sunk in the sea, not a sign of her ever again.

BBE ©

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.

NRSV ©

Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "With such violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will be found no more;

NKJV ©

Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore.

KJV
And
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took up
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a stone
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and
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cast
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the sea
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saying
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Thus
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with violence
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shall
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that great
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Babylon
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be thrown down
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and
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shall be found
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no more
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NASB ©
Then
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a strong
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angel
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took
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up a stone
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like
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a great
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millstone
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and threw
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it into the sea
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, saying
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, "So
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will Babylon
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, the great
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city
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, be thrown
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down with violence
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, and will not be found
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any
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longer
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.
NET [draft] ITL
Then
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one
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powerful
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angel
<32>
picked up
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a stone
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like
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a huge
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millstone
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, threw
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it into
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the sea
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, and said
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, “With this kind of
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sudden violent
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force Babylon
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the great
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city
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will be thrown down
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and
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it will
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never
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be found
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again
<2089>
!
GREEK
kai hren aggelov iscurov liyon wv mulinon megan kai ebalen thn yalassan legwn ormhmati blhyhsetai h megalh poliv kai ou mh eureyh
NETBible

Then 1  one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, “With this kind of sudden violent force 2  Babylon the great city will be thrown down 3  and it will never be found again!

NET Notes

1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

2 tn On ὅρμημα ({ormhma) BDAG 724 s.v. states, “violent rush, onset ὁρμήματι βληθήσεται Βαβυλών Babylon will be thrown down with violence Rv 18:21.” L&N 68.82 refers to the suddenness of the force or violence.

3 sn Thrown down is a play on both the words and the action. The angel’s action with the stone illustrates the kind of sudden violent force with which the city will be overthrown.