Revelation 18:5
ContextNET © | because her sins have piled 1 up all the way to heaven 2 and God has remembered 3 her crimes. 4 |
NIV © | for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. |
NASB © | for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. |
NLT © | For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God is ready to judge her for her evil deeds. |
MSG © | Her sins stink to high Heaven; God has remembered every evil she's done. |
BBE © | For her sins have gone up even to heaven, and God has taken note of her evil-doing. |
NRSV © | for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. |
NKJV © | "For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. |
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NET © | because her sins have piled 1 up all the way to heaven 2 and God has remembered 3 her crimes. 4 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn On ἐκολλήθησαν (ekollhqhsan) BDAG 556 s.v. κολλάω 2.a.β states, “fig. cling to = come in close contact with (cp. Ps 21:16; 43:26 ἐκολλήθη εἰς γῆν ἡ γαστὴρ ἡμῶν. The act.=‘bring into contact’ PGM 5, 457 κολλήσας τ. λίθον τῷ ὠτίῳ) ἐκολλήθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἄχρι τ. οὐρανοῦ the sins have touched the heaven = reached the sky (two exprs. are telescoped) Rv 18:5.” 2 tn Or “up to the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”). 3 tn That is, remembered her sins to execute judgment on them. 4 tn Or “her sins.” |