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Bible in Basic English

And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?

New American Standard Bible

and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

King 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?

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

They cried out in a loud voice, "Holy and true Sovereign, how long will it be before you judge and take revenge on those living on the earth who shed our blood?"

A Conservative Version

And they cried out in a great voice, saying, Master, Holy and True, how long do thou not judge and avenge our blood from those who dwell on the earth?

American Standard Version

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?

Amplified

They cried in a loud voice, saying, “O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood on those [unregenerate ones] who dwell on the earth?”

An Understandable Version

And they called out with a loud voice, "How long, holy and true Master, [will it be] before you judge the people living on earth and take revenge on them for [shedding] our blood?"

Anderson New Testament

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

Common New Testament

they cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

Daniel Mace New Testament

and they cried with a loud voice, saying, "how long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou defer doing justice, and avenging our blood on those that dwell on the earth?"

Darby Translation

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

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

And they cried with a loud voice, and said, How long, O sovereign Lord, holy and true, before thou dost judge, and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on the earth?

Godbey New Testament

And they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood from those who dwell upon the earth?

Goodspeed New Testament

They cried out in a loud voice, "Holy and true Master, how long is it to be before you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?"

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

And they cried with a great voice, saying, Till when, Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood of them dwelling upon earth

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded 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?"

Modern King James verseion

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, Until when, Master, holy and true, do You not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and they cried with a loud voice saying, "How long tarriest thou Lord holy and true, to judge and to avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

Moffatt New Testament

and they cried aloud, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long wilt thou refrain from charging and avenging our blood upon those who dwell on earth?"

Montgomery New Testament

And with a loud voice they cried, saying, "O Master, holy and true, How long dost thou not judge And avenge our blood On those who dwell on the earth?"

NET Bible

They cried out with a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?"

New Heart English Bible

They called out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, Master, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those that dwell on the earth?

The Emphasized Bible

And they cried out with a loud voice, saying - How long, O Sovereign, the Holy and True, dost thou not vindicate and avenge our blood from them that dwell upon the earth?

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And they cried with a loud voice, How long will it be, O sovereign, the holy one and the true, ere thou judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?

Twentieth Century New Testament

They cried in a loud voice--'How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, before thou wilt give judgment and avenge our blood upon all who are living upon the earth?'

Webster

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?

Weymouth New Testament

And now in loud voices they cried out, saying, "How long, O Sovereign Lord, the holy One and the true, dost Thou delay judgment and the taking of vengeance upon the inhabitants of the earth for our blood?"

Williams New Testament

Then in a loud voice they cried out, "Holy and true Master, how long will you refrain from charging and avenging our blood upon the inhabitants of the earth?"

World English Bible

They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

Worrell New Testament

And they cried with a great voice, saying, "How long, O Master, the Holy, and the True, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?"

Worsley New Testament

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

Youngs Literal Translation

and they were crying with a great voice, saying, 'Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

κράζω 
Krazo 
Usage: 58

with a loud
μέγας 
megas 
Usage: 167

φωνή 
Phone 
Usage: 128

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

How
ἕως 
heos 
till, unto, until, to, till 9,
Usage: 74

πότε 
Pote 
Usage: 7

O Lord
δεσπότης 
Despotes 
Usage: 10

G40
ἅγιος 
Hagios 
Usage: 209

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ἀληθινός 
Alethinos 
Usage: 16

dost thou
κρίνω 
Krino 
Usage: 84

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

κρίνω 
Krino 
Usage: 84

ἐκδικέω 
Ekdikeo 
Usage: 4

our
ἡμῶν 
hemon 
our, us, we, not tr,
Usage: 388

αἷμα 
Haima 
Usage: 83

on
ἀπό 
Apo 
ἐπί 
Epi 
from, of, out of, for, off, by, at, in, since 9, on, not tr., .
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 490
Usage: 644

κατοικέω 
Katoikeo 
Usage: 40

Context Readings

The Fifth Seal

9 And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept. 10 And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth? 11 And there was given to every one a white robe, and they were ordered to take their rest for a little time, till the number was complete of the other servants, their brothers, who would be put to death, even as they had been.



Cross References

Zechariah 1:12

Then the angel of the Lord, answering, said, O Lord of armies, how long will it be before you have mercy on Jerusalem and on the towns of Judah against which your wrath has been burning for seventy years?

Revelation 3:7

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one.

Revelation 19:2

For true and upright are his decisions; for by him has the evil woman been judged, who made the earth unclean with the sins of her body; and he has given her punishment for the blood of his servants.

Deuteronomy 32:36-43

For the Lord will be judge of his people, he will have pity for his servants; when he sees that their power is gone, there is no one, shut up or free.

Luke 18:7-8

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

Revelation 11:18

And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and the time of reward for your servants, the prophets, and for the saints, and for those in whom is the fear of your name, small and great, and the time of destruction for those who made the earth unclean.

Genesis 4:10

And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

Judges 16:28

And Samson, crying out to the Lord, said, O Lord God, do have me now in mind, and do make me strong only this once, O God, so that I may take one last payment from the Philistines for my two eyes.

1 Samuel 24:12

May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

Psalm 9:12

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

Psalm 13:1

Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

Psalm 35:17

Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.

Psalm 58:10-11

The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

Psalm 74:9-10

We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.

Psalm 94:3-4

How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?

Isaiah 61:2

To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;

Isaiah 63:1-6

Who is this who comes from Edom, with blood-red robes from Bozrah? he whose clothing is fair, stepping with pride in his great strength? I whose glory is in the right, strong for salvation.

Daniel 8:13

Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking, How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up, and the holy place crushed under foot?

Daniel 12:6

And I said to the man clothed in linen, who was over the waters of the river, How long will it be to the end of these wonders?

Luke 21:22

For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.

Romans 12:19

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 1:6-8

For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

Hebrews 12:24

And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.

Revelation 15:3-4

And they give the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and full of wonder are your works, O Lord God, Ruler of all; true and full of righteousness are your ways, eternal King.

Revelation 16:5-7

And the voice of the angel of the waters came to my ears, saying, True and upright is your judging, O Holy One, who is and was from all time:

Revelation 18:20

Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.

Revelation 18:24

And in her was seen the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been put to death on the earth.

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