Revelation 17:2

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those who live on the earth became drunk on the wine of her sexual immorality.”

King James Version (1611)
With whom the kings of the earth haue committed fornication, and the inhabiters of the earth haue beene made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

King James Version
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

New American Standard Bible
with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of sexual immorality, and those who live on the earth became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality."

New Century Version
The kings of the earth sinned sexually with her, and the people of the earth became drunk from the wine of her sexual sin."

English Standard Version
with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality."

Berean Standard Bible
The kings of the earth were sexually immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality."

Contemporary English Version
Every king on earth has slept with her, and her shameless ways are like wine that has made everyone on earth drunk."

Complete Jewish Bible
The kings of the earth went whoring with her, and the people living on earth have become drunk from the wine of her whoring."

Darby Translation
with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Easy-to-Read Version
The rulers of the earth sinned sexually with her. The people of the earth became drunk from the wine of her sexual sin."

Geneva Bible (1587)
With whom haue committed fornication the Kings of the earth, and the inhabitants of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication.

George Lamsa Translation
With whom the kings of the earth have committed adultery, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her adultery.

Good News Translation
The kings of the earth practiced sexual immorality with her, and the people of the world became drunk from drinking the wine of her immorality."

Lexham English Bible
with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who live on the earth became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality."

Literal Translation
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the ones inhabiting the earth became drunk from the wine of her fornication.

Amplified Bible
she with whom the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality, and the inhabitants of the earth have become intoxicated with the wine of her immorality."

American Standard Version
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.

Bible in Basic English
With whom the kings of the earth made themselves unclean, and those who are on the earth were full of the wine of her evil desires.

Hebrew Names Version
with whom the kings of the eretz committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the eretz were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality."

International Standard Version
The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those living on earth became drunk with the wine of her immorality."Jeremiah 51:7; Revelation 14:8; 18:3;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and they who dwell in the earth have been made drunk by the wine of her fornication.

Murdock Translation
with whom the kings of the earth have practised whoredom, and the inhabitants of the earth have been inebriated with the wine of her whoredom.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
With whom haue committed fornication the kynges of the earth, and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornication.

English Revised Version
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.

World English Bible
with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Weymouth's New Testament
The kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei that dwellen in the erthe ben maad drunkun of the wyn of her letcherie.

Update Bible Version
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those that dwell in the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

Webster's Bible Translation
With whom the kings of the earth have committed lewd deeds, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her lewdness.

New English Translation
with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth's inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality."

New King James Version
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."

New Living Translation
The kings of the world have committed adultery with her, and the people who belong to this world have been made drunk by the wine of her immorality."

New Life Bible
The kings of the earth have done sex sins with her. People of the world have been made drunk with the wine of her sex sins."

New Revised Standard
with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the inhabitants of the earth have become drunk."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
with whom the kings of the earth committed lewdness, - and they who were dwelling upon the earth were made drunk with the wine of her lewdness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication. And they who inhabit the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her whoredom.

Revised Standard Version
with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and with the wine of whose fornication the dwellers on earth have become drunk."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
with whome have commytted fornicacion the kynges of the erth so that the inhabiters of the erth are droken with the wyne of her fornicacion.

Young's Literal Translation
with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
with whom the kynges of the earth haue commytted whordome, and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion.

Mace New Testament (1729)
by whom the kings of the earth became idolaters, and the inhabiters of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of idolatry."

Simplified Cowboy Version
She has intoxicated countless kings with her wine and the whole world has become enslaved to her immorality."

Contextual Overview

¹One of the Seven Angels who carried the seven bowls came and invited me, "Come, I'll show you the judgment of the great Whore who sits enthroned over many waters, the Whore with whom the kings of the earth have gone whoring, show you the judgment on earth dwellers drunk on her whorish lust." ³In the Spirit he carried me out in the desert. I saw a woman mounted on a Scarlet Beast. Stuffed with blasphemies, the Beast had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, festooned with gold and gems and pearls. She held a gold chalice in her hand, brimming with defiling obscenities, her foul fornications. A riddle-name was branded on her forehead: great babylon, mother of whores and abominations of the earth . I could see that the woman was drunk, drunk on the blood of God's holy people, drunk on the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. Astonished, I rubbed my eyes. I shook my head in wonder. The Angel said, "Does this surprise you? Let me tell you the riddle of the woman and the Beast she rides, the Beast with seven heads and ten horns. The Beast you saw once was, is no longer, and is about to ascend from the Abyss and head straight for Hell. Earth dwellers whose names weren't written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will be dazzled when they see the Beast that once was, is no longer, and is to come. "But don't drop your guard. Use your head. The seven heads are seven hills; they are where the woman sits. They are also seven kings: five dead, one living, the other not yet here—and when he does come his time will be brief. The Beast that once was and is no longer is both an eighth and one of the seven—and headed for Hell. "The ten horns you saw are ten kings, but they're not yet in power. They will come to power with the Scarlet Beast, but won't last long—a very brief reign. These kings will agree to turn over their power and authority to the Beast. They will go to war against the Lamb but the Lamb will defeat them, proof that he is Lord over all lords, King over all kings, and those with him will be the called, chosen, and faithful." The Angel continued, "The waters you saw on which the Whore was enthroned are peoples and crowds, nations and languages. And the ten horns you saw, together with the Beast, will turn on the Whore—they'll hate her, violate her, strip her naked, rip her apart with their teeth, then set fire to her. It was God who put the idea in their heads to turn over their rule to the Beast until the words of God are completed. The woman you saw is the great city, tyrannizing the kings of the earth."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Revelation 17:13, Revelation 17:17, Revelation 14:8, Revelation 18:3, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:23, Jeremiah 51:7

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:16 - and go a Judges 18:24 - what have Job 21:7 - mighty Job 24:22 - draweth Proverbs 5:3 - the lips Proverbs 23:28 - increaseth Isaiah 23:17 - shall commit Jeremiah 4:30 - in vain Daniel 3:2 - sent Hosea 1:2 - for Nahum 3:19 - upon Habakkuk 2:15 - unto 1 Thessalonians 1:9 - the living Revelation 2:22 - and them Revelation 9:21 - nor of their fornication Revelation 17:16 - the ten Revelation 18:6 - the cup Revelation 19:2 - judged Revelation 20:3 - should deceive

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."

Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell flat on his face. And then he laughed, thinking, "Can a hundred-year-old man father a son? And can Sarah, at ninety years, have a baby?"

Genesis 17:18
Recovering, Abraham said to God, "Oh, keep Ishmael alive and well before you!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,.... These are the ten kings, who being of the same mind, and of one religion, the Popish religion, gave their power, strength, and kingdom to the beast, Revelation 17:12 and have been enticed by the whore of Rome to commit spiritual fornication with her; that is, idolatry, to worship, as that church enjoins, idols of gold, silver, brass, and wood, the images of the virgin Mary, and other saints; hence this whore appears to be no mean strumpet, but one of great note, and in much vogue, being sought after and made use of by the great men of the earth;

and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication; that is, the inhabitants of the Roman empire, or earthly minded men, mere carnal persons, have been drawn into idolatrous practices by the allurements of the church of Rome; such as riches, honours, pleasures, lying miracles, and great pretensions to devotion and religion; whereby they have been intoxicated as men with wine, and have been filled with a blind zeal for that church, and the false doctrines and worship of it, and with madness and fury against the true professors of religion.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication - Spiritual adultery. The meaning is, that papal Rome, unfaithful to God, and idolatrous and corrupt, had seduced the rulers of the earth, and led them into the same kind of unfaithfulness, idolatry, and corruption. Compare Jeremiah 3:8-9; Jeremiah 5:7; Jeremiah 13:27; Jeremiah 23:14; Ezekiel 16:32; Ezekiel 23:37; Hebrews 2:2; Hebrews 4:2. How true this is in history need not be stated. All the princes and kings of Europe in the dark ages, and for many centuries were, and not a few of them are now, entirely under the influence of papal Rome.

And the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication - The alluring cup which, as an harlot, she had extended to them. See this image explained in the notes on Revelation 14:8. There it is said that Babylon - referring to the same thing - had “made them drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication”; that is, of the cup that led to wrath or punishment. Here it is said that the harlot had made them “drunk with the wine of her fornication”; that is, they had been, as it were, intoxicated by the alluring cup held out to them. What could better describe the influence of Rome on the people of the world, in making them, under these delusions, incapable of sober judgment, and in completely fascinating and controlling all their powers?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 17:2. With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. — What an awful picture this is of the state of the religion of the world in subjection to this whore! Kings have committed spiritual fornication with her, and their subjects have drunk deep, dreadfully deep, into the doctrine of her abominable errors.