Revelation 16:6

Revelation 16:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
• New International Version (NIV)for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, And You have given them blood to drink. For it is their just due.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Since they shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is their just reward.”

Context of Revelation 16:6

4The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. 5And 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. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!" 7And I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!" 8The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.

Revelation 16:6 word by word

ὅτι αἷμα ἁγίων καὶ προφητῶν ἐξέχεαν, καὶ αἷμα αὐτοῖς δέδωκας πιεῖν· ἄξιοί εἰσιν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• they have shedἐκχέωekcheō ekchunō · to pour outG1632
• the bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• of saintsἅγιοςhagios · holy: saintG40
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• prophetsπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
• thou hast givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• to drinkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• they areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• worthyἄξιοςaxios · worthyG514

Cross-references for Revelation 16:6

• Revelation 6:10They cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
• Revelation 13:10If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
• Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I marveled greatly.
• Revelation 18:24And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth."
• Revelation 19:2for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants."
• Deuteronomy 32:42I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh— with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'
• 2 Kings 24:4and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon.
• Isaiah 49:26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine. Then all flesh shall know that I am the Lord your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
• Isaiah 51:22Thus says your Lord, the Lord, your God who pleads the cause of his people: "Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering; the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;
• Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I struck your children; they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
• Lamentations 4:13This was for the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed in the midst of her the blood of the righteous.
• Matthew 7:2For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
• Matthew 21:35And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
• Matthew 23:30saying, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
• Revelation 11:18The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth."
• Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!"

Commentaries on Revelation 16:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Thou hast given them blood to drink - They thirsted after blood and massacred the saints of God; and now they have got blood to drink! It is said that when Tomyris, queen of the Scythians, had vanquished Cyrus, she cut off his head and threw it into a vessel of blood, saying these words: Satia te sanguine, quem sitisti, cujusque insatiabilis semper fuisti; "Satisfy thyself with blood, for which thou hast thirsted, and for which thy desire has been…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For they have shed the blood of saints - The nations here referred to. They have been engaged in scenes of bloody persecution, and this is a just recompense. And prophets - Teachers of religion; ministers of truth. It is not necessary to understand the word “prophets” here in its technical sense, as denoting those who are raised up by God and sent forth as inspired men, but it may be understood in its more common signification in the New Testament as…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Punishing God's enemies is fair because they killed God's holy people and prophets. Since they shed blood, they must drink blood. The principle of lex talionis (the law of retribution), which is the basis of Roman and Jewish law, shows that God is completely fair in judging and rewarding people based on their actions (see Revelation 2:23; 11:18; 14:13; 18:6; 20:12, 13; 22:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. (Re 11:18, end; Ge 9:6; Is 49:26.) An anticipation of Re 18:20, 24; compare Re 13:15. For--A, B, C, and Andreas omit.Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 16:6

• Blood
• God Continued...
• Martyrdom
• Prophets
• Temple
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Gnaw
• Vial
• Bishop
• Blood
• Dragon
• Justification
• Persecution
• Print; Printing; Printed
• Retribution

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