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Re 16:7 Strong Concordance And [2532] I heard [191] another [243] out of [1537] the altar [2379] say [3004], Even so [3483], Lord [2962] God [2316] Almighty [3841], true [228] and [2532] righteous [1342] are thy [4675] judgments [2920].
  King James And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
another out of--omitted in A, C, Syriac, and Coptic. Translate then, "I heard the altar [personified] saying." On it the prayers of saints are presented before God: beneath it are the souls of the martyrs crying for vengeance on the foes of God.
 
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7 And [2532] I heard [191] another [243] out of [1537] the altar [2379] say [3004], Even so [3483], Lord [2962] God [2316] Almighty [3841], true [228] and [2532] righteous [1342] are thy [4675] judgments [2920].
5 And [2532] I heard [191] the angel [32] of the waters [5204] say [3004], Thou art [1488] righteous [1342], O Lord [2962], which [3588] art [5607] [3801], and [2532] wast [2258] [3801], and [2532] shalt be [3741] [3801], because [3754] thou hast judged [2919] thus [5023].
6 For [3754] they have shed [1632] the blood [129] of saints [40] and [2532] prophets [4396], and [2532] thou hast given [1325] them [846] blood [129] to drink [4095]; for [1063] they are [1526] worthy [514].
5 And [2532] I heard [191] the angel [32] of the waters [5204] say [3004], Thou art [1488] righteous [1342], O Lord [2962], which [3588] art [5607] [3801], and [2532] wast [2258] [3801], and [2532] shalt be [3741] [3801], because [3754] thou hast judged [2919] thus [5023].
6 For [3754] they have shed [1632] the blood [129] of saints [40] and [2532] prophets [4396], and [2532] thou hast given [1325] them [846] blood [129] to drink [4095]; for [1063] they are [1526] worthy [514].
5 And [2532] I heard [191] the angel [32] of the waters [5204] say [3004], Thou art [1488] righteous [1342], O Lord [2962], which [3588] art [5607] [3801], and [2532] wast [2258] [3801], and [2532] shalt be [3741] [3801], because [3754] thou hast judged [2919] thus [5023].
9 And [2532] when [3753] he had opened [455] the fifth [3991] seal [4973], I saw [1492] under [5270] the altar [2379] the souls [5590] of them that were slain [4969] for [1223] the word [3056] of God [2316], and [2532] for [1223] the testimony [3141] which [3739] they held [2192]:
9 And [2532] when [3753] he had opened [455] the fifth [3991] seal [4973], I saw [1492] under [5270] the altar [2379] the souls [5590] of them that were slain [4969] for [1223] the word [3056] of God [2316], and [2532] for [1223] the testimony [3141] which [3739] they held [2192]:
10 And [2532] they cried [2896] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], saying [3004], How [2193] long [4219], O Lord [1203], holy [40] and [2532] true [228], dost thou [2919] not [3756] judge [2919] and [2532] avenge [1556] our [2257] blood [129] on [575] them that dwell [2730] on [1909] the earth [1093]?
11 And [2532] white [3022] robes [4749] were given [1325] unto every one of them [1538]; and [2532] it was said [4483] unto them [846], that [2443] they should rest [373] yet [2089] for a little [3398] season [5550], until [2193] their [846] fellowservants [4889] also [2532] and [2532] their [846] brethren [80], that should [3195] be killed [615] as [5613] [2532] they [846] were, should [3739] be fulfilled [4137].
5 And [2532] I heard [191] the angel [32] of the waters [5204] say [3004], Thou art [1488] righteous [1342], O Lord [2962], which [3588] art [5607] [3801], and [2532] wast [2258] [3801], and [2532] shalt be [3741] [3801], because [3754] thou hast judged [2919] thus [5023].
9 And [2532] when [3753] he had opened [455] the fifth [3991] seal [4973], I saw [1492] under [5270] the altar [2379] the souls [5590] of them that were slain [4969] for [1223] the word [3056] of God [2316], and [2532] for [1223] the testimony [3141] which [3739] they held [2192]: