Revelation 16:5

and I heard the messenger of the waters, saying, 'righteous, O Lord, art Thou, who art, and who wast, and who shalt be, because these things Thou didst judge,

Young's Literal Translation

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 messenger did pour out his vial to the rivers, and to the fountains of the waters, and there came blood,

6because blood of saints and prophets they did pour out, and blood to them Thou didst give to drink, for they are worthy;'

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been — as the righteous so the wicked — far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'

Psalms 145:17Righteous [is] Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works.

Daniel 9:14And Jehovah doth watch for the evil, and bringeth it upon us, for righteous [is] Jehovah our God concerning all His works that He hath done, and we have not hearkened to His voice.

Romans 2:5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

2 Thessalonians 1:5a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

Revelation 1:8'I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming — the Almighty.'

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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