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Revelation 16:6-7

Context

16:6 because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,

so 1  you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!” 2 

16:7 Then 3  I heard the altar reply, 4  “Yes, Lord God, the All-Powerful, 5  your judgments are true and just!”

1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that this judgment is the result of what these wicked people did to the saints and prophets.

2 tn Grk “They are worthy”; i.e., of this kind of punishment. By extension, “they got what they deserve.”

3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

4 tn Grk “the altar saying.”

5 tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…() κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”



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