Revelation 6:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁰ they cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before thou wilt judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell upon the earth?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ They cried in a loud voice, O [Sovereign] Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on the earth? [Gen. 4:10; Ps. 79:5; Zech. 1:12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ 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?

Common English Bible

¹⁰ They cried out with a loud voice, “Holy and true Master, how long will you wait before you pass judgment? How long before you require justice for our blood, which was shed by those who live on earth?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ And they were crying out with a loud voice, saying: "How long, O Holy and True Lord, will you not judge and not vindicate our blood against those who dwell upon the earth?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ 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?

Revelation 6:10 Cross References

Genesis 4:10

And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

Psalm 119:84

How long must thy servant endure? When wilt thou judge those who persecute me?

Psalm 13:1

How long, O Lord? Wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Psalm 35:17

How long, O Lord, wilt thou look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my life from the lions!

Psalm 79:10

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of thy servants be known among the nations before our eyes!

Psalm 9:12

For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

Isaiah 61:2

to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;

Lamentations 3:64

“Thou wilt requite them, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

Daniel 12:6

And I said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, “How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?”

Daniel 8:13

Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to the one that spoke, “For how long is the vision concerning the continual burnt offering, the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of the sanctuary and host to be trampled under foot?”

Zechariah 1:12

Then the angel of the Lord said, ‘O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these seventy years?’

Luke 2:29

“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word;

Luke 21:22

for these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all that is written.

Romans 12:19

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Hebrews 12:24

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks more graciously than the blood of Abel.

2 Peter 2:1

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

Revelation 11:18

The nations raged, but thy wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, for rewarding thy servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear thy name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”

Revelation 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.”

Revelation 19:2

for his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”

Revelation 3:10

Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.

Revelation 3:7

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, who shuts and no one opens.

Judges 16:28

Then Samson called to 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 avenged upon the Philistines for one of my two eyes.”

1 Samuel 24:12

May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me upon you; but my hand shall not be against you.