Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; Treasury of Scripture Deuteronomy 32:41-43 If I whet my glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies... Psalm 74:22,23 Arise, O God, plead your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches you daily... Psalm 79:10-12 Why should the heathen say, Where is their God... Psalm 94:20-23 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law... Isaiah 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine... Zechariah 2:8 For thus said the LORD of hosts; After the glory has he sent me to the nations which spoiled you... Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true... Revelation 11:18 And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged... Revelation 15:4 Who shall not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name? for you only are holy: for all nations shall come and worship before you... Revelation 16:5,6 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, which are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus... Revelation 18:20,24 Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her... Revelation 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication...
Context Christ's Coming
5Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer: 6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. 11Why also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Seeing it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to them that trouble you:
Darby Bible Translation
if at least it is a righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,
King James Bible
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
Young's Literal Translation
since it is a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble,
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