Revelation Chapter 18 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.
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BBE Revelation 18:20

Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.
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DARBY Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, heaven, and [ye] saints and apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment upon her.
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KJV Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
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WBT Revelation 18:20


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WEB Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her."
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YLT Revelation 18:20

`Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Rejoice over her, thou heaven. These words are best understood as being uttered by the writer, as in Revelation 12:12 (see on Revelation 12:10). And ye holy apostles and prophets; and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets, is read in א, A, B, P, etc., and adopted by the Revisers. The Authorized Version reading is found in C, 1, 17. Not only the heavenly inhabitants are to rejoice, but also those on earth who have been persecuted by her, as mentioned in ver. 24. The time is again described which has been already referred to in former parts of the book, and especially in Revelation 11:18. Some authors have held this verse to prove that the writer of the Apocalypse was not the Apostle John; either because (1) he speaks as if he were not an apostle, or (2) because they assume that all the apostles are here referred to, and that they are in heaven. There is no ground for either presumption: . . .

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersTHE CALL TO THE HOLY TO REJOICE.(20) Rejoice over her. . . .--Better, Rejoice over her, O heaven, and the saints, and the apostles, and the prophets, because God has judged your judgment on (or, out of) her. The second portion of the chapter closes with this invitation to the saints to rejoice: they are summoned to rejoice because the law of retribution has worked on her. Your judgment (it is said to the saints) is judged on her. This does not mean a judgment which the saints have decreed, but the judgment which Babylon wrought on the holy is now exacted from her (comp. Revelation 18:6, and Revelation 6:10; Revelation 13:10). Heaven, and every class of those whose citizenship has been in heaven, are bidden by the heavenly voice to rejoice The covetous and the worldly mourn; their minds were set upon a material glory, which has slipped away from their grasp. All saintly souls, whose affections have been towards righteousness and the righteous King, can rejoice; for the wealth of holiness is imperishable. and the fall of Babylon is the removal of one vast hindrance to holiness. It has been argued that the verse represents the Apostles to be in heaven, and from this it has been inferred that the twelve must have all died before the Apocalypse was written, and, if so, St. John was not the writer. The verse, however, has no reference whatever to the question: it is not meant to state who have passed into heaven and who have not: it is simply a summons to all who have fought on the side of their Lord to rejoice at the removal of one of the great obstacles to the manifestation of Christ's kingdom. Thus do all holy men, whether on earth or heaven, joy when any giant evil is swept away.