Roger Gryson has done incredible work in reconstructing the Old Latin versions (plural). The versions that Gryson focuses on in Revelation have either
sanctus or
prius or both of those or
iustes.
At Revelation 16:5, the Old Latin testimony is similarly varied but clear:
Again,
hosios gets rendered as either
pius or
sanctus. Where there is more variety is in the rendering of the two articular verbs ("the Being One" and "The Having-Been One").
As Revelation 11:17 is also of interest, and because it contains the same Greek verbs, it makes sense to also note that the same kinds of variety appear at Revelation 11:17 (including, naturally, omitting the "is to come" reference in several Old Latin versions:
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