Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over all these plagues. They did not repent of their sins and turn to God and give him glory. English Standard Version They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory. Berean Standard Bible And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory. Berean Literal Bible And the men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, the One having authority over these plagues; and they did not repent to give Him glory. King James Bible And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. New King James Version And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory. New American Standard Bible And the people were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory. NASB 1995 Men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory. NASB 1977 And men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues; and they did not repent, so as to give Him glory. Legacy Standard Bible And men were scorched with fierce heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory. Amplified Bible People were [severely] burned by the great heat; and they reviled the name of God who has power over these plagues, but they did not repent [of their sin] and glorify Him. Christian Standard Bible and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory. Holman Christian Standard Bible and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory. American Standard Version And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of God who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory. Contemporary English Version Everyone was scorched by its great heat, and all of them cursed the name of God who had power over these terrible troubles. But no one turned to God and praised him. English Revised Version And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the name of the God which hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not to give him glory. GOD'S WORD® Translation They were severely burned. They cursed the name of God, who has the authority over these plagues. They would not change the way they think and act and give him glory. Good News Translation They were burned by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God, who has authority over these plagues. But they would not turn from their sins and praise his greatness. International Standard Version and they were burned by the fierce heat. They cursed the name of God, who has the authority over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory. Majority Standard Bible And the people were scorched by intense heat, and men cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues. Yet they did not repent and give Him glory. NET Bible Thus people were scorched by the terrible heat, yet they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory. New Heart English Bible People were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory. Webster's Bible Translation And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. Weymouth New Testament And the men were severely burned; and yet they spoke evil of God who had power over the plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory. World English Bible People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn’t repent and give him glory. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand men were scorched with great heat, and they slandered the Name of God, who has authority over these plagues, and they did not convert—to give to Him glory. Berean Literal Bible And the men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, the One having authority over these plagues; and they did not repent to give Him glory. Young's Literal Translation and men were scorched with great heat, and they did speak evil of the name of God, who hath authority over these plagues, and they did not reform -- to give to Him glory. Smith's Literal Translation And men were parched up with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, having power over these blows: and they repented not to give him glory. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues, neither did they penance to give him glory. Catholic Public Domain Version And men were scorched by the great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who holds power over these afflictions, but they did not repent, so as to give him glory. New American Bible People were burned by the scorching heat and blasphemed the name of God who had power over these plagues, but they did not repent or give him glory. New Revised Standard Version they were scorched by the fierce heat, but they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd men were scorched by intense heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues: and they did not repent to give him glory. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the children of men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has authority over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd men were scorched with great heat; and they uttered impious words against the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they repented not, that they might give him glory. Godbey New Testament And the people were scorched with a great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, Who has power over these plagues: and they did not repent to give him glory. Haweis New Testament And the men were scorched with a fierce heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who had power over these plagues: and they repented not, to give him glory. Mace New Testament and men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues: and they repented not, to give him glory. Weymouth New Testament And the men were severely burned; and yet they spoke evil of God who had power over the plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory. Worrell New Testament And the men were scorched with great heat; and they blasphemed the name of God, Who hath the power over these plagues; and they repented not, to give Him glory. Worsley New Testament And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues, and they repented not to give Him glory. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The First Six Bowls of Wrath…8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire. 9And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory. 10And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish… Cross References Revelation 9:20-21 Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. / Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft. 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 name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.” Revelation 14:7 And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.” Revelation 14:9-11 And a third angel followed them, calling out in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on his forehead or on his hand, / he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. / And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” Revelation 19:20 But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. Revelation 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.” Matthew 24:9 Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven. John 3:19-20 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. Romans 1:18-21 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. / For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. / For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. ... 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. Hebrews 10:26-27 If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. Isaiah 24:6 Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. Isaiah 42:25 So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart. Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent. Treasury of Scripture And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which has power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. scorched. Revelation 16:10,11,21 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, … 2 Kings 6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? 2 Chronicles 28:22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. and they. Revelation 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. Revelation 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: to give. Revelation 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. Revelation 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. Joshua 7:19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. Jump to Previous Authority Blasphemed Burned Control Cursed Evil Fierce Glory Great Heat Intense Plagues Power Punishments Reform Refused Repent Repented Scorched Seared Severely Speak Turned WaysJump to Next Authority Blasphemed Burned Control Cursed Evil Fierce Glory Great Heat Intense Plagues Power Punishments Reform Refused Repent Repented Scorched Seared Severely Speak Turned WaysRevelation 16 1. The angels pour out their bowls of wrath.6. The plagues that follow. 16. Armageddon. And the people were scorched by intense heat This phrase describes a divine judgment where humanity experiences extreme suffering. The Greek word for "scorched" (ἐκαυματίσθησαν, ekaumatisthēsan) implies a burning or searing, suggesting a severe trial or affliction. Historically, such imagery is reminiscent of the plagues in Egypt (Exodus 9:23-24), where natural elements were used as instruments of divine wrath. The "intense heat" symbolizes not only physical torment but also the spiritual and moral consequences of turning away from God. It serves as a reminder of the ultimate authority of God over creation and His power to use it for His purposes. and they cursed the name of God who had authority over these plagues yet they did not repent and give Him glory Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Andκαὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. people ἄνθρωποι (anthrōpoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. were scorched ἐκαυματίσθησαν (ekaumatisthēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2739: To burn, scorch. From kauma; to burn. by intense μέγα (mega) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. heat, καῦμα (kauma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 2738: Burning heat, heat. From kaio; properly, a burn, but used of a glow. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. they cursed ἐβλασφήμησαν (eblasphēmēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 987: From blasphemos; to vilify; specially, to speak impiously. the τὸ (to) Article - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. name ὄνομα (onoma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular Strong's 3686: Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'. of God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. who τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. had ἔχοντος (echontos) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. authority ἐξουσίαν (exousian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1849: From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence. over ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. these ταύτας (tautas) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. plagues; πληγὰς (plēgas) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 4127: A blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague. From plesso; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity. yet καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. they did not repent μετενόησαν (metenoēsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 3340: From meta and noieo; to think differently or afterwards, i.e. Reconsider. [and] give δοῦναι (dounai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. Him αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. glory. δόξαν (doxan) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application. Links Revelation 16:9 NIVRevelation 16:9 NLT Revelation 16:9 ESV Revelation 16:9 NASB Revelation 16:9 KJV Revelation 16:9 BibleApps.com Revelation 16:9 Biblia Paralela Revelation 16:9 Chinese Bible Revelation 16:9 French Bible Revelation 16:9 Catholic Bible NT Prophecy: Revelation 16:9 People were scorched with great heat (Rev. Re Apocalypse) |