Revelation 18:6
New International Version
Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double portion from her own cup.

New Living Translation
Do to her as she has done to others. Double her penalty for all her evil deeds. She brewed a cup of terror for others, so brew twice as much for her.

English Standard Version
Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.

Berean Standard Bible
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

Berean Literal Bible
Give back to her as she also has rendered; and pay back double to her, twofold according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix double to her.

King James Bible
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

New King James Version
Render to her just as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.

New American Standard Bible
Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

NASB 1995
“Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

NASB 1977
“Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

Legacy Standard Bible
Pay her back even as she paid, and give her back double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.

Amplified Bible
Repay to her even as she has repaid others, and pay back [to her] double [her torment] in accordance with what she has done; in the cup [of sin and suffering] which she mixed, mix a double portion [of perfect justice] for her.

Christian Standard Bible
Pay her back the way she also paid, and double it according to her works. In the cup in which she mixed, mix a double portion for her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Pay her back the way she also paid, and double it according to her works. In the cup in which she mixed, mix a double portion for her.

American Standard Version
Render unto her even as she rendered, and double unto her the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Pay her just as she also has paid, and give her double for her deeds. In the cup which she has mixed, mix her a double.”

Contemporary English Version
Treat her as she has treated others. Make her pay double for what she has done. Make her drink twice as much of what she mixed for others.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Render to her as she also hath rendered to you; and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup wherein she hath mingled, mingle ye double unto her.

English Revised Version
Render unto her even as she rendered, and double unto her the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Do to her what she has done. Give her twice as much as she gave. Serve her a drink in her own cup twice as large as the drink she served others.

Good News Translation
Treat her exactly as she has treated you; pay her back double for all she has done. Fill her cup with a drink twice as strong as the drink she prepared for you.

International Standard Version
Do to her as she herself has done, and give her double for her deeds. Mix a double drink for her in the cup she mixed.

Literal Standard Version
Render to her as she also rendered to you, and double to her twofold according to her works; in the cup that she mingled mingle to her double.

Majority Standard Bible
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

New American Bible
Pay her back as she has paid others. Pay her back double for her deeds. Into her cup pour double what she poured.

NET Bible
Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her.

New Revised Standard Version
Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double draught for her in the cup she mixed.

New Heart English Bible
Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.

Webster's Bible Translation
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double to her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double.

Weymouth New Testament
Give back to her as she has given; repay her in accordance with her doings, twice as much; in the bowl that she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.

World English Bible
Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.

Young's Literal Translation
Render to her as also she did render to you, and double to her doubles according to her works; in the cup that she did mingle mingle to her double.

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Context
Babylon is Fallen
5For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. 7As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’…

Cross References
Psalm 28:4
Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

Psalm 137:8
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

Isaiah 40:2
"Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins."

Jeremiah 16:18
And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations."

Jeremiah 50:15
Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.

Jeremiah 50:29
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Revelation 14:10
he too will drink the wine of God's anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.


Treasury of Scripture

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double to her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled fill to her double.

Reward.

Revelation 13:10
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Revelation 16:5,6
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus…

Exodus 21:23-25
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, …

double unto.

Isaiah 40:2
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.

Isaiah 61:7
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Jeremiah 16:18
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

the cup.

Revelation 14:10
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

Revelation 16:19
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

Revelation 17:2,4
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…

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Revelation 18
1. Babylon is fallen.
4. People commanded to depart out of her.
9. The kings of the earth, with the merchants and mariners, lament over her.
20. The saints rejoice for the judgments of God upon her.














(6) Reward her even as she rewarded . . .--The same voice which bids the people of God come forth, summons the agents of vengeance. Revelation 17:16 tells whence these may arise. Read, Give back to her, as she herself also gave back (the word "you" should be omitted; it is not the saints, or those who have suffered from her, that are called to repay her), and double (the) double according to her works; in the cup in which she mingled, mingle for her double. Many Old Testament parallels will suggest themselves (Jeremiah 51:18; Psalm 79:12; Psalm 137:8; and Isaiah 40:2). The "double" must not be taken to mean double her sins; her sins are themselves called double, and her judgment is according to her sins. She is double-stained in wickedness, and "the law of retribution fiercely works "in her. The cup of her luxuriousness becomes the cup of vengeance. (Comp. Revelation 14:8; Revelation 17:4; and Revelation 18:3.) The flowery path "has led to the broad gate and the great fire." . . . Verse 6. - Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. "You" is omitted in all the best manuscripts. The second "unto her," though supported by P, Syriac, Coptic, is omitted in א, A, B, C, etc.: Render to her as she also rendered, and double the doubled things according to her works, etc. The description of God's judgment is still founded on the denunciations against Babylon in Jeremiah (see Jeremiah 1:5-29; 51:24; 16:18; cf. also Isaiah 61:7; Zechariah 9:12; and the legal retribution ordered in Exodus 22:4-7). The cup which she hath filled is that containing "the wine of her fornication (cf. ver. 3); she is now to receive a double measure of the cup of God's wrath (cf. ver. 3).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Give back
ἀπόδοτε (apodote)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 591: From apo and didomi; to give away, i.e. Up, over, back, etc.

to her
αὐτῇ (autē)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

as
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

she
αὐτὴ (autē)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

has done [to others];
ἀπέδωκεν (apedōken)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 591: From apo and didomi; to give away, i.e. Up, over, back, etc.

pay her back
διπλώσατε (diplōsate)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 1363: To double, render back double. From diplous; to render two-fold.

double
διπλᾶ (dipla)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1362: Double, two-fold. From dis and the base of pleion; two-fold.

for what
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

she
αὐτῆς (autēs)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

has done;
ἔργα (erga)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.

mix
κεράσατε (kerasate)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 2767: To mix, mingle, pour out for drinking. Prolonged form of a more primary kerao ker-ah'-o; to mingle, i.e. to pour out.

her
αὐτῇ (autē)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

a double [portion]
διπλοῦν (diploun)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1362: Double, two-fold. From dis and the base of pleion; two-fold.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[her own]
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

cup.
ποτηρίῳ (potēriō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4221: A drinking cup, the contents of the cup; fig: the portion which God allots.


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