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Revelation 16:5
5Then I heard the voice of the angel who had authority over the waters. He said to God, ‘Holy One, you are alive now and you always have been alive. You are right in everything that you decide. Now you have judged these people.
Revelation 16:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say: “You are just in these judgments, O Holy One, you who are and who were;
- English Standard Version (ESV)And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, "Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are righteous, O Lord, The One who is and who was and who is to be, Because You have judged these things.
Context of Revelation 16:5
3Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea. As a result, the sea became like the blood of a dead person. Everything that was living in the sea then died. 4Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and on the springs of water. As a result, all the water became blood. Then I heard the voice of the angel who had authority over the waters. He said to God, ‘Holy One, you are alive now and you always have been alive. You are right in everything that you decide. Now you have judged these people. 6They have killed your people and your prophets. They have caused your servants to bleed and to die. So now you have given these bad people blood to drink. That is what ought to happen to them. It is right.’ 7Then I heard a voice from the altar in heaven. It said, ‘Yes, Lord God, you have all authority. When you judge people, it is the punishment that they deserve.’
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καὶ ἤκουσα τοῦ ἀγγέλου τῶν ὑδάτων λέγοντος· δίκαιος εἶ, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν ὁ ὅσιος, ὅτι ταῦτα ἔκρινας,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- I heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- the angelὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
- of the watersὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
- sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Thou artεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- righteousδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
- O Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
- shalt beὅσιοςhosios · sacredG3741
- becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
- thou hast judgedκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
- thusοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
Cross-references for Revelation 16:5
- Revelation 16:4Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and on the springs of water. As a result, all the water became blood.
- Revelation 16:7Then I heard a voice from the altar in heaven. It said, ‘Yes, Lord God, you have all authority. When you judge people, it is the punishment that they deserve.’
- Revelation 15:3Now they sang the song of God's servant, Moses, and the Lamb's song. They sang this: ‘Lord God with all power, what you do is great and wonderful! Everything that you do is completely fair and honest. You are King of all nations of the world.
- Revelation 19:2Everything that he decides is right and fair. He has punished that great prostitute. She led people on the earth to do wicked things. She murdered God's servants with her own hands. But now God has punished her as she deserves.’
- Genesis 18:25Will you kill them all, the good people and the bad people? Surely you would not do anything like that! You would not punish good people in the same way as bad people. You are the great judge of everyone on the earth. You will surely do what is right!’
- Psalms 129:4But the Lord is righteous. He has made me free from those cruel people.’
- Psalms 145:17So the Lord is fair in all that he does. He always shows how much he loves us.
- Lamentations 1:18‘The Lord is right to punish us. We have not obeyed him. Listen, all people everywhere, and look at us. We are in very bad trouble. The enemy has taken away our young women and our young men to be slaves.’
- Daniel 9:14So you were ready to punish us with this trouble. You are always right in everything that you do. You are right to punish us because we have not obeyed you.
- Romans 2:5But you refuse to change the way that you live. You are not sorry about the wrong things that you have done. As a result, you cause God to become even angrier with you. So he will punish you even more on the day when he will judge everyone. On that day, he will show how angry he is against people who do bad things. Everyone will know that he judges people in a right way.
- Romans 3:5Maybe some people may say, ‘The wrong things that we do show more clearly that God is always right. So perhaps God is wrong to punish us.’
- 2 Thessalonians 1:5This shows us that God judges people in a way that is right. Now you are receiving much trouble because you belong to God's kingdom. This shows that God accepts you as the people that he rules.
- Revelation 1:4I am John. I am writing to the seven churches that are in the region of Asia. I pray that God will be very kind to you. I pray that he will give you peace in your minds. God is alive now. He has always been alive. He will continue to be alive for ever. God will help you, and the seven spirits that are in front of his throne will help you.
- Revelation 4:8Each of these four beings had six wings. They had eyes all over them, even under their wings. All day and all night they never stop saying: ‘The Lord God has all power and authority. He has no bad thing in him. He is completely good. He has always been alive. He is alive now. He will continue to be alive for ever.’
- Revelation 11:17They said: ‘We thank you, Lord God, because you have all authority! You are alive now and you have always been alive. You have great power and now you have begun to rule the whole world!
Commentaries on Revelation 16:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The angel of the waters - The rabbins attribute angels, not only to the four elements so called, but to almost every thing besides. We have already seen the angel of the bottomless pit, Revelation 9:11, and the angel of the fire, Revelation 14:18. The angel of the earth is spoken of in Yalcut Rubeni, fol. 13, 2, and is called Admael. They have also an angel that presides over the grass; another that presides over the cattle which feed upon the grass. They…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And I heard the angel of the waters say - The angel who presides over the element of water; in allusion to the common opinion among the Hebrews that the angels presided over elements, and that each element was committed to the jurisdiction of a particular angel. Compare the notes on Revelation 7:1. Thou art righteous, O Lord - In view of the judgments that reddened these streams and fountains with the blood of people, the angel ascribes righteousness to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6the angel of the waters: In Scripture, angels and archangels are shown to have special roles within the order of heaven (see Daniel 8:16; 9:21; 10:13, 21; 12:1; Luke 1:19, 26; see also 1 Enoch 66:1–2). This angel confirms that these judgments come from God, who is just and holy.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. angel of the waters--that is, presiding over the waters. O Lord--omitted by A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, and Andreas. and shalt be--A, B, C, Vulgate, and Andreas for this clause read, "(which art and wast) holy." The Lord is now no longer He that shall come, for He is come in vengeance and therefore the third of the three clauses found in Re 1:4, 8; 4:8 is here and in Re 11:17 omitted. judged thus--literally, "these things." "Thou didst inflict…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Revelation 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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