Revelation 16:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

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

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    for{G3754} they poured{G1632} out the blood{G129} of the saints{G40} and{G2532} the prophets,{G4396} and{G2532} blood{G129} hast thou given{G1325} them{G846} to drink:{G4095} {G1063} they are{G1526} worthy.{G514}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G3754} they have shed{G1632}{(G5656)} the blood{G129} of saints{G40} and{G2532} prophets{G4396}, and{G2532} thou hast given{G1325}{(G5656)} them{G846} blood{G129} to drink{G4095}{(G5629)}; for{G1063} they are{G1526}{(G5748)} worthy{G514}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    for they shed out the bloude of sayntes and prophettes and therfore hast thou geven them bloud to drynke: for they are worthy.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for they shed the bloude of sayntes, and prophetes, and therfore hast thou geuen them bloude to drynke: for they are worthy.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For they shed the blood of the Saints, & Prophets, and therefore hast thou giuen them blood to drinke: for they are worthy.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For they shed out the blood of saintes and prophetes, and therfore hast thou geuen them blood to drynke: for they are worthie.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    because blood of saints and prophets they did pour out, and blood to them Thou didst give to drink, for they are worthy;'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For they made the blood of saints and prophets come out like a stream, and blood have you given them for drink; which is their right reward.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!”

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 49:26 : 26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they will be drunk on their own blood as with new wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  • Rev 11:18 : 18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, the saints, and those who fear Your name, both small and great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.
  • Luke 11:49-50 : 49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will kill, and others they will persecute.' 50 So that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation—
  • Rev 18:24 : 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.
  • Rev 6:10-11 : 10 They cried out with a loud voice, 'How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?' 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants and brothers were killed just as they had been.
  • Rev 13:15 : 15 It was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast could speak and cause all who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
  • Rev 17:6-7 : 6 I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I was utterly amazed. 7 Then the angel said to me, 'Why are you amazed? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her.'
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the standard you use to judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
  • Matt 21:35-41 : 35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, but they treated them the same way. 37 Finally, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. 38 But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance!' 39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers? 41 They said to him, 'He will bring those wretches to a miserable end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit at the proper times.'
  • Matt 23:30-37 : 30 and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your forefathers' sins! 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell? 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
  • Deut 32:42-43 : 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword will devour flesh, the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders. 43 Rejoice, you nations, with His people, for He will avenge the blood of His servants; He will take vengeance on His enemies and make atonement for His land and people.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And also because of the innocent blood that he had shed, for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to pardon.
  • Isa 51:22-23 : 22 This is what your Lord, the Lord your God who defends His people, says: 'See, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering, the goblet of My wrath. You will never drink from it again.' 23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, 'Bow down so we can walk over you.' You made your back like the ground, like a street for them to walk over.
  • Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain I have struck your children; they accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.
  • Jer 26:11 : 11 Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, 'This man deserves the death sentence, for he has prophesied against this city as you have heard with your own ears.'
  • Jer 26:16 : 16 Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and prophets, 'This man does not deserve the death penalty, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.'
  • Lam 4:13 : 13 It happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment against her!
  • Rev 19:2 : 2 For His judgments are true and just; He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His servants on her.
  • Luke 12:48 : 48 But the one who did not know and did things deserving of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 How much more severe punishment do you think someone deserves who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
  • Rev 13:10 : 10 If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed. This calls for the endurance and faith of the saints.

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