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Revelation 16:7

JusticeJudgment

5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Revelation 19:2

    For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

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  • Revelation 6:9

    And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

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  • Revelation 15:3–4

    And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

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  • Revelation 8:3–5

    And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

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  • Isaiah 6:6

    Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

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  • Revelation 14:18

    And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

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  • Revelation 14:10

    The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

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  • Ezekiel 10:2

    And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.

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