Revelation 2:23

The NET Bible®

Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will strike her children dead.

King James Version (1611)
And I will kill her children with death, and all the Churches shall know that I am hee which searcheth the reines and hearts: and I will giue vnto euery one of you according to your workes.

King James Version
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

English Standard Version
and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

New American Standard Bible
'And I will kill her children with plague, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

New Century Version
I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will know I am the One who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you for what you have done.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

Berean Standard Bible
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

Contemporary English Version
I will even kill her followers. Then all the churches will see that I know everyone's thoughts and feelings. I will treat each of you as you deserve.

Complete Jewish Bible
and I will strike her children dead! Then all the Messianic communities will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and that I will give to each of you what your deeds deserve.

Darby Translation
and her children will I kill with death; and all the assemblies shall know that *I* am he that searches [the] reins and [the] hearts; and I will give to you each according to your works.

Easy-to-Read Version
I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will see that I am the one who knows what people feel and think. And I will repay each of you for what you have done.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will kill her children with death: and all the Churches shall know yt I am he which searche the reines and heartes: and I will giue vnto euery one of you according vnto your workes.

George Lamsa Translation
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the reins and hearts: and I will give unto everyone of you according to your works.

Good News Translation
I will also kill her followers, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who knows everyone's thoughts and wishes. I will repay each of you according to what you have done.

Lexham English Bible
And I will kill her children with deadly disease, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

Literal Translation
And I will kill her children with death; and all the assemblies will know that I am the One searching the inner parts and hearts. And I will give to each of you according to your works.

Amplified Bible
'And I will kill her children (followers) with pestilence [thoroughly annihilating them], and all the churches will know [without any doubt] that I am He who searches the minds and hearts [the innermost thoughts, purposes]; and I will give to each one of you [a reward or punishment] according to your deeds.

American Standard Version
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.

Bible in Basic English
And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.

Hebrew Names Version
I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

International Standard Version
I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will reward each of you as your works deserve.1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 29:17; 2 Chronicles 6:30; Psalm 7:9; 62:12; Jeremiah 11:20; 17:10; 20:12; Matthew 16:27; John 2:24-25; Acts 1:24; Romans 2:6; 8:27; 14:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Galatians 6:5; Revelation 20:12;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And her sons will I kill with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and the hearts: and I will give to you every one according to your works.

Murdock Translation
And her children will I slay with death: and all the churches shall know, that I am he who searcheth reins and hearts; and I will render to each of you according to your works.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I wyll kyll her chyldren with death, & all the Churches shall knowe, that I am he which searcheth the raynes and heartes: And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you, accordyng vnto his workes.

English Revised Version
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.

World English Bible
I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know, that I am he who searcheth the reins and hearts; and I will give you, every man, according to your works.

Weymouth's New Testament
Her children too shall surely die; and all the Churches shall come to know that I am He who searches into men's inmost thoughts; and to each of you I will give a requital which shall be in accordance with what your conduct has been.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal slee hir sones in to deth, and alle chirchis schulen wite, that Y am serchinge reynes and hertis; and Y schal yyue to ech man of you after hise werkis.

Update Bible Version
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searches the reins and hearts: and I will give to each one of you according to your works.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give to every one of you according to your works.

New King James Version
I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

New Living Translation
I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person. And I will give to each of you whatever you deserve.

New Life Bible
And I will kill her children. All the churches will know that I am the One Who looks deep into the hearts and minds. I will give you whatever is coming to you because of your work.

New Revised Standard
and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, her children, will I slay with death; - and all the assemblies shall get to know, that, I, am he that searcheth reins and hearts, and will give unto you, each one, according to your works.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say

Revised Standard Version
and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches shall know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And I will kyll her children with deeth. And all the congregacions shall knowe that I am he which searcheth ye reynes and hertes. And I will geve vnto evere one of you accordynge vnto youre workes.

Young's Literal Translation
and her children I will kill in death, and know shall all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you -- to each -- according to your works.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And I wil kyll her childre with deeth. And all the cogregacios shal knowe, yt I am he which searcheth the reynes and hertes. And I wil geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto youre workes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
I will strike her children dead; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and the heart: and I will give to every one of you according to your works.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Her children won't even survive. This will be a sign to all the outfits that I know the hearts and minds of all. Nothing is hidden from me and each will get what they deserve.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished bronze: ¹⁹ ‘I know your deeds: your love, faith, service, and steadfast endurance. In fact, your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones. ²⁰ But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and by her teaching deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. ²¹ I have given her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality. ²² Look! I am throwing her onto a bed of violent illness, and those who commit adultery with her into terrible suffering, unless they repent of her deeds. ²³ Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve. ²⁴ But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching (who have not learned the so-called "deep secrets of Satan"), to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you. ²⁵ However, hold on to what you have until I come. ²⁶ And to the one who conquers and who continues in my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations— ²⁷ he will rule them with an iron rod and like clay jars he will break them to pieces ,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

with death: Revelation 6:8

and all: Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Deuteronomy 13:11, Deuteronomy 17:13, Deuteronomy 19:20, Deuteronomy 21:21, Zephaniah 1:11

I am: 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 29:17, 2 Chronicles 6:30, Psalms 7:9, Psalms 44:21, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 20:12, John 2:24, John 2:25, John 21:17, Acts 1:24, Romans 8:27, Hebrews 4:13

and I will: Revelation 20:12, Psalms 62:12, Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 3:11, Matthew 16:27, Romans 2:5-11, Romans 14:12, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Galatians 6:5, 1 Peter 1:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 23:21 - my name Leviticus 13:3 - shall look Numbers 5:16 - set her Deuteronomy 8:2 - to know Joshua 22:22 - he knoweth Judges 3:1 - prove 1 Samuel 2:3 - a God 2 Samuel 7:20 - knowest 1 Kings 8:39 - for thou 1 Chronicles 17:18 - thou knowest Job 11:11 - he knoweth Job 24:23 - yet his eyes Psalms 16:7 - my reins Psalms 119:168 - for all my Psalms 139:1 - thou hast Proverbs 5:21 - General Proverbs 15:11 - the hearts Proverbs 16:2 - but Proverbs 17:3 - General Proverbs 21:2 - the Lord Proverbs 24:12 - doth not he that Isaiah 29:15 - seek Jeremiah 23:25 - heard Jeremiah 32:19 - to give Ezekiel 11:5 - for Ezekiel 18:20 - righteousness Zephaniah 1:12 - the men Zechariah 13:7 - the man Malachi 3:2 - for Matthew 6:4 - seeth Matthew 9:4 - knowing Matthew 12:25 - Jesus Matthew 16:8 - when Matthew 18:35 - from Matthew 22:11 - when Matthew 22:18 - perceived Matthew 26:21 - Verily Mark 2:8 - when Mark 8:17 - knew Mark 9:33 - What Mark 12:15 - knowing Luke 5:22 - perceived Luke 6:8 - But Luke 9:47 - perceiving Luke 11:17 - knowing Luke 16:15 - God John 4:16 - Go John 5:19 - and John 5:42 - I know John 6:61 - General John 13:18 - I know John 16:19 - Jesus John 21:15 - thou knowest Acts 8:21 - for Acts 15:8 - which Romans 2:6 - General 1 Corinthians 3:8 - and every 2 Corinthians 11:11 - God 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - but God Hebrews 4:12 - and is 1 John 3:20 - and

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.

Genesis 2:9
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)

Genesis 29:14
Then Laban said to him, "You are indeed my own flesh and blood." So Jacob stayed with him for a month.

Judges 9:2
"Tell all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal's sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.'"

2 Samuel 5:1
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, "Look, we are your very flesh and blood!

2 Samuel 19:13
Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? God will punish me severely, if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will kill her children with death,.... Her popes, cardinals, priests, Jesuits, monks, friars, and all that join in the Romish apostasy, they shall be killed with death; there shall be an utter extirpation of them in God's own time; or they shall be killed with the second death: מותנא, when used alone, or as distinct from any other kind of death, signifies the plague; compare with this 2 Kings 9:24;

and all the churches: that shall be in being at the time of Rome's destruction:

shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and heart; or am the omniscient God; which will be known by inflicting punishment on the followers of antichrist; when their hidden things of darkness will be brought to light, and exposed by him; and they shall receive the righteous reward of their evil practices, which they have coloured over, and glossed with specious pretences of religion and holiness, and a zeal for God and his glory, when they only meant themselves, the gratifying their carnal lusts, and securing their worldly interests, and amassing riches and honours to themselves:

and I will give unto everyone of you according to your works; who have connived at, and joined with them in their evil deeds; as many as were seduced by the false prophetess to commit spiritual fornication with her: as Christ is omniscient, and does not judge according to the outward appearance of things, but knows the principles and ends of all actions, however covert they may be; so he is righteous in judging and in punishing, which will be according as men's works are; and not one shall escape his righteous judgment, nor the due desert of their sins, though the punishment of some may be greater than that of others.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I will kill her children with death - A strong Hebraistic mode of expression, meaning that he would certainly destroy them. It has been made a question whether the word “children” here is to be taken literally or figuratively. The word itself would admit of either interpretation; and there is nothing in the connection by which its meaning here can be determined. If it is to be taken literally, it is in accordance with what is often threatened in the Scriptures, that children shall be visited with calamity for the sins of parents, and with what often occurs in fact, that they do thus suffer. For it is no uncommon thing that whole families are made desolate on account of the sin and folly of the parent. See the notes on Romans 5:19. If it is to be taken figuratively, then it refers to those who had imbibed her doctrines, and who, of course, would suffer in the punishment which would follow from the propagation of such doctrines. The reference in the word “death” here would seem to be to some heavy judgment, by plague, famine, or sword, by which they would be cut off.

And all the churches shall know, ... - That is, the design of this judgment will be so apparent that it will convince all that I know what is in the hearts of people, even the secret acts of wickedness that are concealed from human view.

I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts - This is clearly a claim to omniscience; and as it is the Lord Jesus who speaks in all these epistles, it is a full proof that he claims this for himself. There is nothing which more clearly pertains to God than the power of searching the heart, and nothing that is more constantly claimed by him as his special prerogative, 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalms 7:9; Psalms 11:4; Psalms 44:21; Psalms 139:2; Proverbs 15:3; Jeremiah 11:20; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 20:12; Jeremiah 32:19; Hebrews 4:13. The word “reins” - νεφροὺς nephrous - means, literally, “the kidney,” and is commonly used in the plural to denote the kidneys, or the loins. In the Scriptures it is used to denote the inmost mind, the secrets of the soul; probably because the parts referred to by the word are as hidden as any other part of the frame, and would seem to be the repository of the more secret affections of the mind. It is not to be supposed that it is taught in the Scriptures that the reins are the real seat of any of the affections or passions; but there is no more impropriety in using the term in a popular signification than there is in using the word “heart,” which all continue to use, to denote the seat of love.

And I will give unto every one of you according to your works - To every one of you; not only to those who have embraced these opinions, but to all the church. This is the uniform rule laid down in the Bible by which God will judge people.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. And I will kill her children with death — "That is, I will certainly destroy her offspring and memory, and thereby ruin her designs. Jezebel's two sons, being both kings were both slain; and after that, all the seventy sons of Ahab; (2 Kings 10:1); in all which the hand of God was very visible. In the same manner God predicts the destruction of the heretics and heresies referred to; see Revelation 2:16. It should seem by the expression, I am he which searcheth the reins and the hearts, that these heretics lurked about, and sowed their pernicious doctrines secretly. But our Saviour tells them that it was in vain, for he had power to bring their deeds to light, having that Divine power of searching into the Evilly and affections of men; and hereby he would show both them and us that he is, according to his title, The Son of God; and hath such eyes to pry into their actions, that, like a fire, they will search into every thing, and burn up the chaff which cannot stand his trial; so that the depths of Satan, mentioned in the next verse, to which this alludes, (Christ assuming here this title purposely) shall avail nothing to those who think by their secret craft to undermine the Christian religion; he will not only bring to light, but baffle all their evil intentions. See Revelation 17:9.