When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under (A)the altar (B)the souls of those who had been slain (C)for the word of God and for (D)the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, (E)holy and true, (F)how long (G)before you will judge and (H)avenge our blood on (I)those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given (J)a white robe and (K)told to rest a little longer, (L)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers[a] (M)should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

And kai when hote he opened anoigō the ho fifth pemptos seal sphragis, I saw under hypokatō the ho altar thusiastērion the ho souls psychē of those ho who had been slain sphazō for dia the ho word logos of ho God theos and kai for dia the ho witness martyria they had borne echō. 10 And kai they cried out krazō with a loud megas voice phōnē, saying legō, “ How heōs long pote, O ho Sovereign Lord despotēs, · ho holy hagios and kai true alēthinos, before ou you bring judgment krinō and kai avenge ekdikeō · ho our hēmeis blood haima on ek those ho who dwell katoikeō on epi the ho earth ?” 11 Then kai a white leukos robe stolē was given didōmi to each hekastos of them autos and kai they autos were told legō to hina rest anapauō a little mikros while chronos, until heōs the number was reached plēroō · kai · ho of their autos fellow servants syndoulos and kai · ho their autos brothers adelphos who ho were mellō to be killed apokteinō just kai as hōs they autos had been.

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