Revelation Chapter 16 verse 7 Holy Bible
And I heard the altar saying, Yea, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
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And a voice came from the altar, saying, Even so, O Lord God, Ruler of all, true and full of righteousness is your judging.
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And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments.
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And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
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I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments."
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and I heard another out of the altar, saying, `Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous `are' Thy judgments.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - And! heard another out of the altar say. Omit "another out of." The altar is connected (1) with the martyred saints (Revelation 6:9, 10; Revelation 8:3); (2) with the judgments that fall on the earth in vengeance for the blood of the saints (Revelation 8:5; Revelation 9:13; Revelation 14:18); hence the appropriateness of this voice from the altar, which acquiesces in the judgments inflicted. The altar is here personified, and speaks concurring in the justice of those judgments sent on account of the saints who are represented by it. Some writers, however, understand "the angel of the altar," which is similar to the reading of the Authorized Version. Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments; Yea, O Lord God, the Almighty (Revised Version). Reaffirming what has been declared by the angel of the waters (ver. 5), and expressing concurrence therein. (On "true" (ἀληθιναί), see on Revelation 3:17.) Compare the expression in ver. 5. There God is declared righteous because he has thus judged; here the judgments are righteous because they. are his. Both phrases are equally true, giving the same truth from different standpoints. The same verdict is endorsed by the heavenly multitude in Revelation 19:2, when they celebrate the downfall of Babylon; another proof of the identity of the world which is here the object of the vial judgments and the Babylon, which is afterwards described, and whose doom is pronounced.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) And I heard . . .--Translate, And I heard (not "another out of the altar," but) the altar saying, Even so, Lord God the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments. The altar beneath which the souls of the martyrs cried, and on which the prayers of saints were offered, is represented as confirming the testimony to the just dealings of God.
