Revelation 19:2
1 After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
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.”
3 And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
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
- 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.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”
- ASV
- for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
- DARBY
- for true and righteous [are] his judgments; for he has judged the great harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his bondmen at her hand.
- BLB
- For true and righteous [are] His judgments, because He judged the great prostitute who was corrupting the earth in her sexual immorality, and He avenged the blood of His servants, out of her hand.”
- ÅB
- for sanne og rettferdige er hans dommer; han har dømt den store skjøge, hun som ødela jorden med sitt horelevnet, og han har krevd sine tjeneres blod av hennes hånd.
- OTB
- for hans dommer er sanne og rettferdige.
Han har dømt den store skjøgen som ødela jorden med sin umoral,
og han har hevnet blodet av sine tjenere på henne." - B1930
- for sanne og rettferdige er hans dommer; han har dømt den store skjøge, hun som ødela jorden med sitt horelevnet, og han har krevd sine tjeneres blod av hennes hånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 32:43
Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.
Read in contextRevelation 6:10
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
Read in contextRevelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
Read in contextRevelation 16:5–7
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.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
Read in contextRevelation 15:3
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!
Read in contextRevelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
Read in contextPsalms 19:9
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
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