Revelation 16:7

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“And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.””

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BSBPD

“And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I heard the altar saying, Yea, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and I heard another out of the altar, saying, `Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous <FI>are<Fi> Thy judgments.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Revelation 16:7 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 6:6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
  2. Ezekiel 10:2And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
  3. Ezekiel 10:7Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.
  4. Revelation 6:9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
  5. Revelation 8:3Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
  6. Revelation 13:10“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.
  7. Revelation 14:10he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
  8. Revelation 14:18Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”
  9. Revelation 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
  10. Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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