Wahyu 14:9-11

14:9 A ¹  third angel ²  followed the first two, ³  declaring ⁴  in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand, 14:10 that person ⁵  will also drink of the wine of God’s anger ⁶  that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur ⁷  in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. 14:11 And the smoke from their ⁸  torture will go up ⁹  forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have ¹⁰  no rest day or night, along with ¹¹  anyone who receives the mark of his name.”

Wahyu 21:8

21:8 But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, ¹²  idol worshipers, ¹³  and all those who lie, their place ¹⁴  will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. ¹⁵  That ¹⁶  is the second death.”

[14:9]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[14:9]  ² tn Grk “And another angel, a third.”

[14:9]  ³ tn Grk “followed them.”

[14:9]  ⁴ tn For the translation of λέγω (legw) as “declare,” see BDAG 590 s.v. 2.e.

[14:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “he himself.”

[14:10]  ⁶ tn The Greek word for “anger” here is θυμός (qumos), a wordplay on the “passion” (θυμός) of the personified city of Babylon in 14:8.

[14:10]  ⁷ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”

[14:11]  ⁸ tn The Greek pronoun is plural here even though the verbs in the previous verse are singular.

[14:11]  ⁹ tn The present tense ἀναβαίνει (anabainei) has been translated as a futuristic present (ExSyn 535-36). This is also consistent with the future passive βασανισθήσεται (basanisqhsetai) in v. 10.

[14:11]  ¹⁰ tn The present tense ἔχουσιν (ecousin) has been translated as a futuristic present to keep the English tense consistent with the previous verb (see note on “will go up” earlier in this verse).

[14:11]  ¹¹ tn Grk “and.”

[21:8]  ¹² tn On the term φαρμακεία (farmakeia, “magic spells”) see L&N 53.100: “the use of magic, often involving drugs and the casting of spells upon people – ‘to practice magic, to cast spells upon, to engage in sorcery, magic, sorcery.’ φαρμακεία: ἐν τῇ φαρμακείᾳ σου ἐπλανήθησαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ‘with your magic spells you deceived all the peoples (of the world)’ Re 18:23.”

[21:8]  ¹³ tn Grk “idolaters.”

[21:8]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “their share.”

[21:8]  ¹⁵ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”

[21:8]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “sulfur, which is.” The relative pronoun has been translated as “that” to indicate its connection to the previous clause. The nearest logical antecedent is “the lake [that burns with fire and sulfur],” although “lake” (λίμνη, limnh) is feminine gender, while the pronoun “which” (ὅ, Jo) is neuter gender. This means that (1) the proper antecedent could be “their place” (Grk “their share,”) agreeing with the relative pronoun in number and gender, or (2) the neuter pronoun still has as its antecedent the feminine noun “lake,” since agreement in gender between pronoun and antecedent was not always maintained, with an explanatory phrase occurring with a neuter pronoun regardless of the case of the antecedent. In favor of the latter explanation is Rev 20:14, where the phrase “the lake of fire” is in apposition to the phrase “the second death.”