Revelation 16:6

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall 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, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, and those who fear Your name, small and great, and destroy those who destroy the earth.
  • Luke 11:49-50 : 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute: 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
  • Rev 18:24 : 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.
  • Rev 6:10-11 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto each of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest for a little while, until their fellow servants and their brethren, who should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
  • Rev 13:15 : 15 And he had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
  • Rev 17:6-7 : 6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus; and when I saw her, I marveled with great wonder. 7 And the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the same judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you again.
  • Matt 21:35-41 : 35 And the vine dressers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they did likewise to them. 37 But last of all, he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son. 38 But when the vine dressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine dressers? 41 They said to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will lease his vineyard to other vine dressers who will render him the fruits in their seasons.
  • Matt 23:30-37 : 30 and say, If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt. 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I 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 shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenge upon the enemy. 43 Rejoice, O nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful to his land, and to his people.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.
  • Isa 51:22-23 : 22 Thus says your Lord, the LORD, your God who pleads the cause of his people, 'Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again: 23 But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you; who have said to your soul, 'Bow down, that we may go over:' and you have laid your body like the ground, and like the street, for those who went over.'
  • Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
  • Jer 26:11 : 11 Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.
  • Jer 26:16 : 16 Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
  • Lam 4:13 : 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in her midst,
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.
  • Rev 19:2 : 2 For true and righteous are His judgments: for He has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.
  • Luke 12:48 : 48 But he that did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
  • Rev 13:10 : 10 He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

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