Revelation 16:5

And I heard the angel of the waters say: Righteous art thou, who art and who wast, and art holy; because thou hast done this judgment.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And the third angel poured his cup upon the rivers and the fountains of water; and they became blood.

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

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Cross References

Romans 2:5But, because of the hardness of thy unrepenting heart, thou art treasuring up a store of wrath against the day of wrath, and against the revelation of the righteous judgment of God:

2 Thessalonians 1:5for a demonstration of the righteous judgment of God; that ye may be worthy of his kingdom, on account of which ye suffer.

Revelation 1:8I am Alpha, also Omega, saith the Lord God; who is, and was, and is to come, the omnipotent.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 16:2-8

The Seven Vials. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. 3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. 4 And the… Read the whole commentary →

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