Revelation 19:2 BSB

Revelation 19:2

For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

KJV

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

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Commentary

2 voices

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 19:1-4 (614)

God has "avenged the blood of his servants from the hand" of Babylon and has benefited her inhabitants by accomplishing the cessation of sin through its punishment.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

For true and righteous are his judgments - Thus is the cry of the souls under the altar changed into a song of praise.

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Original language & word study

31 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅτι	hoti	For	G3754 →
ἀληθιναὶ	alēthinai	true	G228 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δίκαιαι	dikaiai	righteous [are]	G1342 →
αἱ	hai	the	G3588 →
κρίσεις	kriseis	judgments	G2920 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of Him,	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ἔκρινεν	ekrinen	He has judged	G2919 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
πόρνην	pornēn	prostitute	G4204 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
μεγάλην	megalēn	great	G3173 →
ἥτις	hētis	who	G3748 →
ἔφθειρεν	ephtheiren	was corrupting	G5351 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γῆν	gēn	earth	G1093 →
ἐν	en	with	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
πορνείᾳ	porneia	sexual immorality	G4202 →
αὐτῆς,	autēs	of her,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξεδίκησεν	exedikēsen	He has avenged	G1556 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
αἷμα	haima	blood	G129 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
δούλων	doulōn	servants	G1401 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
ἐκ	ek	out of	G1537 →
χειρὸς	cheiros	hand	G5495 →
αὐτῆς.¶	autēs	of her.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
leads to
- Romans 12:19
  Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Nahum 1:2
  The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
- Hebrews 10:30
  For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
- Psalms 73:17–19
  until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
Through
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
leads to
- Revelation 6:10
  And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 6:10
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
leads to
- Revelation 11:18
  The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your…
- Psalms 9:12
  For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Revelation 16:5–7
  And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.