Revelation 16:11
◄  Revelation 16:11  ►
New International Version (©2011)
and cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent of what they had done.

New Living Translation (©2007)
and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they did not repent of their evil deeds and turn to God.

English Standard Version (©2001)
and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, yet they did not repent of their actions.

International Standard Version (©2012)
and cursed the God of heaven because of their pain-filled sores. But they did not repent of their behavior.

NET Bible (©2006)
They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless they still refused to repent of their deeds.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And they blasphemed the name of The God of Heaven due to their pains and due to their sores, and they did not repent of their works.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
and cursed the God of heaven for their pains and their sores. However, they would not stop what they were doing.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

American King James Version
And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

American Standard Version
and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and wounds, and did not penance for their works.

Darby Bible Translation
and blasphemed the God of the heaven for their distresses and their sores, and did not repent of their works.

English Revised Version
and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works.

Webster's Bible Translation
And blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

Weymouth New Testament
and they spoke evil of the God in Heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their misconduct.

World English Bible
and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They didn't repent of their works.

Young's Literal Translation
and they did speak evil of the God of the heaven, from their pains, and from their sores, and they did not reform from their works.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:8-11 The heart of man is so desperately wicked, that the most severe miseries never will bring any to repent, without the special grace of God. Hell itself is filled with blasphemies; and those are ignorant of the history of human nature, of the Bible, and of their own hearts, who do not know that the more men suffer, and the more plainly they see the hand of God in their sufferings, the more furiously they often rage against him. Let sinners now seek repentance from Christ, and the grace of the Holy Spirit, or they will have the anguish and horror of an unhumbled, impenitent, and desperate heart; thus adding to their guilt and misery through all eternity. Darkness is opposed to wisdom and knowledge, and forebodes the confusion and folly of the idolaters and followers of the beast. It is opposed to pleasure and joy, and signifies anguish and vexation of spirit.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 11. - And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. The expression, "God of heaven," seems to enhance the exaltation of God, and to place in more terrible contrast the sin of those who ventured to blaspheme One so high, so far above them. This title is only mentioned here and in Revelation 11:13, where, however, some repented. (On the word "blaspheme," see on ver. 9.) In spite, therefore, of their plagues, and perhaps as a consequence of their spiritual darkness, they still own the supremacy of the beast and deny God; just as Pharaoh hardened his heart. Compare the previous verses for an account of their pains and their sores; the allusion to which shows plainly that these plagues are not necessarily consecutive in time. And repented not of their deeds (see on ver. 9).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And blasphemed the God of heaven,.... Who made it, and dwells in it, and from whence wrath is revealed, and comes upon the seat of the beast, upon the kingdom of antichrist, and the subjects of that kingdom; they will curse him who is of right their King, and their God, and look upwards to heaven, where he is, Isaiah 8:21 and this,

because of their pains and their sores: see Revelation 16:2 the inward frettings and distresses of their minds, the gallings and gnawings of their consciences, the horror and terror of their souls, and their fearful looking for of judgment, which the present face of things upon antichrist will bring upon them; just as the Egyptians, in the time of their darkness, were distressed with internal guilt, and black horror of mind, and with evil spirits, which were sent among them, and haunted them during that season; see Psalm 78:49 and repented not of their deeds; their antichristian works of darkness; see Revelation 9:20.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

11. sores—This shows that each fresh plague was accompanied with the continuance of the preceding plagues: there was an accumulation, not a mere succession, of plagues.

repented not—(Compare Re 16:9).

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The First Six Bowls of Wrath
…10And the fifth angel poured out his vial on the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. 12And the sixth angel poured out his vial on the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. …

2 Chronicles 28:22 In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
Revelation 2:21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.
Revelation 11:13 At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 16:2 The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly, festering sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
Revelation 16:9 They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him.
Revelation 16:21 From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.