KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Revelation 16:9
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.
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BSB 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.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Revelation 16
6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 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.
10 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,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandἐκαυματίσθησανG2739 · kaumatizōto scorchοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄνθρωποιG444 · anthrōposa humanκαῦμαG2738 · kaumaheatμέγαG3173 · megasgreatκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐβλασφήμησανG987 · blasphēmeōto blasphemeτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoὄνομαG3686 · onomanameτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεοῦG2316 · theosGodτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἔχοντοςG2192 · echōto have/beτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐξουσίανG1849 · exousiaauthorityἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτὰςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπληγὰςG4127 · plēgēplague/blow/woundταύταςG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itκαὶG2532 · kaiandοὐG3756 · ounoμετενόησανG3340 · metanoeōto repentδοῦναιG1325 · didōmito giveαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heδόξαν.¶G1391 · doxaglory
Cross-references
Revelation 2:21And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.Revelation 16:21And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.Revelation 11:13And 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.Luke 13:5I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.Revelation 16:10-11And 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,Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, [are] not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, [but] they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.Luke 13:3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.Amos 4:6-12And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.Revelation 9:20And 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:Daniel 5:22-23And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;Isaiah 8:21And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.Revelation 14:7Saying 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.2 Kings 6:33And 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?Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness [is] lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this [is that] king Ahaz.2 Corinthians 12:21[And] lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and [that] I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.Jeremiah 6:29-30The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
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