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Revelation 16:7

JusticeJudgment

5 And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.

6 For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”

And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”

8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.

9 And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.

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BSB
And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
KJV
And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
WEB
I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”
ASV
And I heard the altar saying, Yea, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
DARBY
And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments.
BLB
And I heard the altar saying: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] Your judgments.”
ÅB
Og jeg hørte alteret si: Ja, Herre Gud, du allmektige, sanne og rettferdige er dine dommer.
OTB
Og jeg hørte alteret si,
«Ja, Herre Gud, den Allmektige,
sanne og rettferdige er dine dommer.»
B1930
Og jeg hørte alteret si: Ja, Herre Gud, du allmektige, sanne og rettferdige er dine dommer.

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Cross references

  • Revelation 19:2

    For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

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  • Revelation 6:9

    And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.

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  • Revelation 15:3–4

    and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

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  • Revelation 8:3–5

    Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

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  • Isaiah 6:6

    Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

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  • Revelation 14:18

    Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

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  • Revelation 14:10

    he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

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  • Ezekiel 10:2

    And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.

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