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. 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. 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. Douay-Rheims Bible And 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. 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. Literal Standard Version and 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. Additional Translations ... 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 2:21 Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. Revelation 11:13 And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. Revelation 16:11 and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds. Revelation 16:21 And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous. 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. Verse 9. - And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the Name of God. The men (see on ver. 8). (On the meaning of the first clause, see on ver. 8.) This is the first mention in the vials of men blaspheming. As with Pharaoh and the Egyptians, the judgments of God, instead of awakening them to repentance, only serve to harden their hearts. This again occurs under the fifth and seventh vials. So also in the sixth trumpet, we are told, men repented not - a statement also made in the subsequent part of this verse. As before pointed out (Revelation 13:1), the two things are identical; non repentance, continuance in the service of the dragon, is blasphemy against God; though we generally reserve the name "blasphemy" for the open avowal of infidelity to God. Which hath power over these plagues. This is what is implied in the words of ver. 8, "it was given to it?' In this visitation men distinctly recognize the hand of God. And they repented not to give him glory. Vide supra, on the "blasphemy;" and contrast with Revelation 11:13 - another example of the sense in which these vials are the "last plagues" (Revelation 15:1). 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) |
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