Verse 2

And he cried out mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become the dwelling of demons, and the prison of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og han ropte høyt med sterk røst, og sa: Babylon den store er falt, er falt, og er blitt til et bosted for demoner, og et tilholdssted for hvert urent ånd, og en fangekasse for hver uren og hatet fugl.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og han ropte med en sterk stemme og sa: «Fallen, fallen er den store Babylon! Den er blitt en fengsel for demoner, og en bolig for hver uren ånd, og en bolig for hvert urent og hatet fugl.»

• Norsk King James

  Og han ropte sterkt med høy røst og sa: Babylon den store er falt, er falt, og er blitt et bosted for demoner, og et skjul for hver uren ånd, og et bur for hver uren og avskyelig fugl.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han ropte med kraftig røst: Babylon den store har falt, har falt, og er blitt demoners bolig, et fengsel for alle urene ånder og alle urene og avskyelige fugler.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og han ropte med sterk røst, og sa: Babylon den store er falt, er falt, og er blitt et tilholdssted for djevler, et fengsel for hver uren ånd, og et bur for hver uren og hatet fugl.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Han ropte med en mektig stemme: 'Falt, falt er det store Babylon! Det har blitt til en bolig for demoner, en tilholdssted for alle slags urene ånder, og et tilfluktssted for alle slags urene og avskyelige fugler.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han ropte med kraftig røst:

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og han ropte med mektig røst: «Store Babylon er falt, falt, og har blitt et tilholdssted for djevlene, et skjul for alle urene ånder, og et bur for hver uren og avskyelig fugl.»

• gpt4.5-preview

  Og han ropte med kraftig røst og sa: «Falt, falt er Babylon den store, og hun er blitt bosted for demoner og tilhold for enhver uren ånd og bur for alle slags urene og avskyelige fugler.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og han ropte med kraftig røst og sa: «Falt, falt er Babylon den store, og hun er blitt bosted for demoner og tilhold for enhver uren ånd og bur for alle slags urene og avskyelige fugler.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han ropte med sterk røst og sa: 'Falt, falt er Babylon den store! Den er blitt et tilholdssted for demoner, et fengsel for enhver uren ånd og et bur for enhver uren og forhatt fugl.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He cried out with a mighty voice, saying, 'Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a prison for every unclean spirit, and a cage for every unclean and detested bird.'

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Han ropte med kraftig, høy røst og sa: «Falt, falt er Babylon den store! Den har blitt et tilholdssted for demoner, et fengsel for alle slags urene ånder, og et fengsel for alle slags urene og avskyelige fugler.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han raabte med Styrke, med høi Røst, og sagde: Den er falden, den er falden, Babylon den store, og er bleven Djævlenes Bolig, og et Fængsel for alle urene Aander, og et Fængsel for alle urene og afskyede Fugle.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the gat is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han ropte med en mektig stemme og sa: Babylon, den store, har falt, har falt. Og den er blitt et tilholdssted for demoner, et fengsel for hver urene ånd og en bur for hver uren og hatet fugl.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han ropte med kraftig stemme: 'Falt, falt er Babylon, den store, hun har blitt et tilholdssted for demoner, et fengsel for alle urene ånder, og et fengsel for alle urene og hatefulle fugler!

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han ropte med kraftig stemme: 'Falt, falt er Babel, den store byen! Den har blitt en bolig for demoner, et tilholdssted for hver uren ånd og hvert urent og avskyelig dyr.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og han ropte med høy røst, og sa: «Falt, falt er Babylon den store! Hun har blitt en bolig for demoner, et tilholdssted for hver uren ånd, og et rede for hver uren og hatet fugl.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og han ropte med høy røst og sa: Falt, falt er det store Babylon, hun har blitt et tilholdssted for onde ånder og for alle urene ånder, og et fengsel for hver uren og hatet fugl.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he cryed myghtyly with a stronge voyce sayinge: Great Babilon is fallen ys fallen and ys become the habitation of devels and the holde of all fowle sprettes and a cage of all vnclene and hatefull byrdes

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he cryed mightely with a stronge voyce, sayenge: She is fallen, she is fallen, euen greate Babilon, and is become the habitacion of deuels, and ye holde of all fowle spretes, and a cage of all vncleane and hatefull byrdes:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he cryed out mightily with a loud voyce, saying, It is fallen, it is fallen, Babylon that great citie, and is become the habitation of deuils, and the holde of all foule spirits, and a cage of euery vncleane and hatefull birde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he cryed myghtyly with a strong voyce, saying: Great Babylon is fallen is fallen, and is become the habitation of deuyls, and the holde of all foule spirites, and a cage of all vncleane and hatefull byrdes:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he did cry in might -- a great voice, saying, `Fall, fall did Babylon the great, and she became a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He shouted with a powerful voice:“Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.

Referenced Verses

• Rev 14:8 : 8 And another angel followed, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
• Jer 51:37 : 37 Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant.
• Isa 14:23 : 23 I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the LORD of hosts.
• Jer 50:39-40 : 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation. 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD; so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live there.
• Jer 51:8 : 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed; howl for her, take balm for her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.
• Lev 11:13-19 : 13 And these are they which you shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, 14 And the kite, and the falcon after its kind; 15 Every raven after its kind; 16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind, 17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, 18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the vulture, 19 And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
• Isa 13:19-22 : 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' excellency, will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It will never be inhabited, nor will it be dwelt in from generation to generation: nor will the Arabian pitch tent there; nor will the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert will lie there; and their houses will be full of doleful creatures; and owls will dwell there, and satyrs will dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands will cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
• Isa 21:8-9 : 8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am stationed in my post every night: 9 And, behold, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.
• Isa 34:11-15 : 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl and the raven shall dwell in it: and He shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. 12 They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and brambles in its fortresses: and it shall be a habitation for dragons, and a court for owls. 14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. 15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
• Jer 25:30 : 30 Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter His voice from His holy habitation; He shall mightily roar upon His dwelling place; He shall give a shout, as those who tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
• Jer 51:60-64 : 60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, and shall see, and shall read all these words, 62 Then you shall say, O LORD, you have spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever. 63 And it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates; 64 And you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
• Joel 3:16 : 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake. But the LORD will be the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel.
• Zeph 2:14 : 14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be at the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
• Mark 5:3-5 : 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces: neither could anyone tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
• Luke 8:27-28 : 27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, who had demons a long time, and wore no clothes, neither lived in any house, but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of God most high? I beg you, torment me not.
• Rev 1:15 : 15 And his feet like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace; and his voice like the sound of many waters.
• Rev 5:2 : 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?
• Rev 10:3 : 3 And he cried with a loud voice, like a lion roars, and when he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.
• Rev 14:15 : 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, Thrust in your sickle, and reap; for the time has come for you to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
• Rev 16:13 : 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
• Rev 16:19 : 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 her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
• Rev 17:5 : 5 And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
• Rev 17:18 : 18 The woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.
• Rev 18:10 : 10 Standing far off for fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour your judgment has come.
• Rev 18:21 : 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.