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Revelation 6:10

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?

KJV

καὶ ἔκραξαν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγοντες, ἕως πότε, ὁ δεσπότης ὁ ἅγιος καὶ ἀληθινός, οὐ κρίνεις καὶ ἐκδικεῖς τὸ αἷμα ἡμῶν ἐκ τῶν κατοικούντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;

Greek NT

et clamabant voce magna, dicentes : Usquequo Domine (sanctus et verus), non judicas, et non vindicas sanguinem nostrum de iis qui habitant in terra ?

Vulgate

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

ASV

And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (Holy and True), dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δεσπότης
despotes
noun · 10×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατοικέω
katoikeo
verb · 45×
κράζω
krazo
verb · 55×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πότε
pote
particle · 19×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
ἀληθινός
alethinos
adjective · 28×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐκδικέω
ekdikeo
verb · 6×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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§2642The Revelation of "what must soon take place," the Apocalypse, is borne along by the songs of the heavenly liturgy127 but also by the intercession of the "witnesses" (martyrs).128 The prophets and the saints, all those who were slain on earth for their witness to Jesus, the vast throng of those who, having come through the great tribulation, have gone before us into the Kingdom…
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
Is prayer an act of the appetitive or of the cognitive power? Is it fitting to pray to God? Is prayer an act of religion? Should we pray to God alone? Should we ask for something definite when we pray? Should we ask for temporal things when we pray? Should we pray for others? Should we pray for our enemies? The seven petitions of the Lord's Prayer Is prayer proper to the ration…
We believe the souls of the dead are either in a state of blessedness or of condemnation, according to what each hath wrought; for we confess that the souls of the righteous are in light and rest, with a foretaste of eternal happiness, while the souls of the wicked are in a state of punishment and suffering. But neither are the righteous in full possession of the reward promise…

Cross-references

  • 1John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
  • 1Pet 1:15 — But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
  • 1Sam 24:12 — The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
  • 1Sam 24:12 — The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
  • 2Thess 1:6 — Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
  • 2Thess 1:6 — Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
  • 2Thess 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • 2Tim 4:14 — Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
  • Dan 8:13 — Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give b
  • Deut 32:36 — For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
  • Deut 32:43 — Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
  • Esth 8:13 — The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
  • Gen 4:10 — And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
  • Hab 1:2 — O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
  • Hab 2:11 — For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
  • Heb 12:24 — And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
  • Isa 34:8 — For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
  • Isa 63:1 — Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
  • Jer 15:15 — O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
  • Jer 20:12 — But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
  • Josh 10:13 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and
  • Judg 16:28 — And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes
  • Judg 16:28 — And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes
  • Lam 1:22 — Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
  • Lam 3:64 — Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
  • Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
  • Luke 18:7 — And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
  • Luke 21:22 — For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
  • Num 31:2 — Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
  • Ps 7:13 — He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
  • Ps 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
  • Ps 37:10 — For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
  • Ps 55:19 — God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
  • Ps 58:10 — The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
  • Ps 74:9 — We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
  • Ps 79:10 — Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
  • Ps 94:3 — LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
  • Ps 94:13 — That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
  • Ps 119:84 — How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
  • Rev 3:7 — And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man