SEV Biblia, Chapter 17:15
Y l me dice: Las aguas que has visto donde la ramera se sienta, son pueblos y muchedumbres y naciones y lenguas.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Revelation 17:15
Verse 15. And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.] "So many words," Bishop Newton observes, "in the plural number, fitly denote the great extensiveness of her power and jurisdiction. She herself glories in the title of the Catholic Church, and exults in the number of her votaries as a certain proof of the true religion. Cardinal Bellarmin's first note of the true Church is, the very name of the Catholic Church; and his fourth note is, amplitude, or multitude, and variety of believers; for the truly Catholic Church, says he, ought not only to comprehend all ages, but likewise all places, all nations, all kinds of men."
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 15. And he saith unto me , etc.] That is, the angel, who proposed to give John the interpretation of the vision, he went on with it as follows: the waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth , (see Gill on Revelation 17:1), are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues ; denoting the vast multitude of people, of which the several kingdoms, of divers languages, consist, which belong to the jurisdiction of Rome Papal: it is an eastern way of speaking, and is particularly used to express the various kingdoms, and infinite number of people belonging to the Babylonish monarchy, which was an emblem of the antichristian state, ( Daniel 3:4,7,29 4:1) and these are compared to waters, to many waters; which phrase sometimes is used for the sea, ( <19A723> Psalm 107:23) because of the vast numbers of them; the whole world wondered after the beast, and the kings and inhabitants of the earth have been subject to the see of Rome; and because of their overbearing force, carrying all before them; (see Isaiah 8:7,8 Jeremiah 47:2) ( Revelation 13:3,4) and because, like waters, they are continually upon the flux, one generation succeeding another; and because of their instability, fickleness, and inconstancy, as in religion, so in their constitution, they will hate the whore they love; and as they frequently change and alter in their form, at last they will utterly cease: so the Jews f406 interpret many waters, in ( Song of Solomon 8:7) of all people, and of the kings of the earth, and of the nations of the world; and they say, that many waters never signify any other than all the nations, and those that are appointed over them f407 . So, he drew me out of many waters, ( Psalm 18:16) is by the Targum on the place explained, he delivered me from many people. And so ( Psalm 46:4) is paraphrased by the Targumist; people, as rivers, and their streams, shall come, and make glad the city of the Lord; see the Targum on ( Isaiah 8:7) and in ( Ezekiel 32:2) where it is observed kingdoms are compared to waters f408 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-18 - God so ruled the hearts of these kings, by his power over them, and by his providence, that they did those things, without intending it, whic he purposed and foretold. They shall see their folly, and how they have been bewitched and enslaved by the harlot, and be made instruments in her destruction. She was that great city which reigned over the king of the earth, when John had this vision; and every one knows Rome to be that city. Believers will be received to the glory of the Lord, when wicked men will be destroyed in a most awful manner; their joinin together in sin, will be turned to hatred and rage, and they wil eagerly assist in tormenting each other. But the Lord's portion is his people; his counsel shall stand, and he will do all his pleasure, to his glory, and the happiness of all his servants __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
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Vincent's NT Word Studies
15. The waters. The explanation of the symbol given here is in accordance with Isa. viii. 7; Psalm. xviii. 4, 16; cxxiv. 14.
Peoples and multitudes, etc. See on 1 Pet. ii. 9; Mark xii. 37.
