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Revelation 16:5 KJV
Revelation · chapter 16 · verse 5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.Revelation 16:5 · King James Version
Revelation 16:5 in context
3And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
4And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousdikaiosrighteous, observing divine laws, in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping…G1342 →
- watershydōrwater, of water in rivers, in fountains, in pools, of the water of the deluge, of water…G5204 →
- judgedkrinōto separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose, to approve, esteem, to prefer, to…G2919 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- angelangelosa messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from GodG32 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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We had in the foregoing chapter the great and solemn preparation that was made for the pouring out of the vials; now we have the performance of that work. Here observe, I. That, though every thing was made ready before, yet nothing was to be put in execution without an immediate positive order from God;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7