Revelation 19:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of the mighty, the flesh of horses and their riders—flesh of all, both free and slave, both small and great.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ That you may feast on the flesh of rulers, the flesh of generals and captains, the flesh of powerful and mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all humanity, both free and slave, both small and great!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them that sit thereon, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, and small and great.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Come and eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of the powerful, and the flesh of horses and their riders. Come and eat the flesh of all, both free and slave, both small and great.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ so that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of tribunes, and the flesh of the strong, and the flesh of horses and those sitting on them, and the flesh of all: free and servant, small and great."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of tribunes, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all freemen and bondmen, and of little and of great.

Revelation 19:18 Cross References

Jeremiah 16:4

They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried; they shall become like dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall become food for the birds of the air and for the wild animals of the earth.

Jeremiah 19:7

And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem and will make them fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the earth.

Jeremiah 34:20

shall be handed over to their enemies and to those who seek their lives. Their corpses shall become food for the birds of the air and the wild animals of the earth.

Jeremiah 7:33

The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the air and for the animals of the earth, and no one will frighten them away.

Ezekiel 29:5

I will fling you into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your channels; you shall fall in the open field and not be gathered or picked up. To the animals of the earth and to the birds of the air I have given you as food.

Ezekiel 39:17

As for you, mortal, thus says the Lord God: Speak to the birds of every kind and to all the wild animals: Assemble and come, gather from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood.

Matthew 24:28

Wherever the corpse is, there the eagles will gather.

Luke 17:37

Then they asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the corpse is, there the eagles will gather.”

Deuteronomy 28:26

Your corpses shall be food for every bird of the air and animal of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away.

Revelation 11:18

The nations raged, but your wrath has come, and the time for judging the dead, for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints and all who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

Revelation 13:16

Also, it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be given a brand on the right hand or the forehead,

Revelation 17:16

And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the whore; they will make her desolate and naked; they will devour her flesh and burn her up with fire.

Revelation 19:5

And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants and all who fear him, small and great.”

Revelation 6:15

Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,

1 Samuel 17:44

The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the field.”

1 Samuel 17:46

This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head, and I will give the dead bodies of the Philistine army this very day to the birds of the air and to the wild animals of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel