Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say:

“You are just in these judgments,(A) O Holy One,(B)
    you who are and who were;(C)
for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,(D)
    and you have given them blood to drink(E) as they deserve.”

And I heard the altar(F) respond:

“Yes, Lord God Almighty,(G)
    true and just are your judgments.”(H)

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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.

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.

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And I heard the angel of the waters saying:

(A)“You are righteous, [a]O Lord,
The One (B)who is and who [b]was and who is to be,
Because You have judged these things.
For (C)they have shed the blood (D)of saints and prophets,
(E)And You have given them blood to drink.
[c]For it is their just due.”

And I heard [d]another from the altar saying, “Even so, (F)Lord God Almighty, (G)true and righteous are Your judgments.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 16:5 NU, M omit O Lord
  2. Revelation 16:5 NU, M was, the Holy One
  3. Revelation 16:6 NU, M omit For
  4. Revelation 16:7 NU, M omit another from