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Revelation 16:6

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16:6because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,

so15 you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!”16

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Footnotes

  1. 15 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that this judgment is the result of what these wicked people did to the saints and prophets.
  2. 16 Grk “They are worthy”; i.e., of this kind of punishment. By extension, “they got what they deserve.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets,

and you have given them blood to drink.

It is what they deserve!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,

and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Because they poured out

the blood of the saints and the prophets,

you have given them blood to drink;

they deserve it!

NLTNew Living Translation

Since they shed the blood

of your holy people and your prophets,

you have given them blood to drink.

It is their just reward.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

because they have poured out the blood of the saints and prophets,

and you have given them blood to drink;

they are deserving!”

KJV 1900King James Version

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