^6:10They⁴⁰ cried out with a loud voice,⁴¹ “How long,⁴² Sovereign Master,⁴³ holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”

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Footnotes

40 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
41 Grk “voice, saying”; the participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.
42 The expression ἔως πότε (eōs pote) was translated “how long.” Cf. ἕως 1.b.γ.
43 The Greek term here is δεσπότης (despotēs; see L&N 37.63).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They 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?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, the one who is holy and true, how long until you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”

NLTNew Living Translation

They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, holy and true Lord, will you not judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?”

KJV 1900King James Version

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

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