Revelation 16:9

Revelation 16:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Revelation 16:9

7And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments. 8And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun; and it was given to it to burn men with fire. And the men were burnt with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues, and did not repent to give him glory. 10And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and its kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues with distress, 11and blasphemed the God of the heaven for their distresses and their sores, and did not repent of their works.

Revelation 16:9 word by word

καὶ ἐκαυματίσθησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι καῦμα μέγα καὶ ἐβλασφήμησαν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἔχοντος τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ τὰς πληγὰς ταύτας καὶ οὐ μετενόησαν δοῦναι αὐτῷ δόξαν.¶Read the interlinear

• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• heatκαῦμαkauma · heatG2738
• blasphemedβλασφημέωblasphēmeō · to blasphemeG987
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• authorityἐξουσίαexousia · authorityG1849
• plaguesπληγήplēgē · plague/blow/woundG4127
• repentμετανοέωmetanoeō · to repentG3340
• giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391

Cross-references for Revelation 16:9

• Revelation 16:10And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and its kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues with distress,
• 2 Kings 6:33And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. And [the king] said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah: why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?
• 2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his trouble he transgressed yet more against Jehovah, this king Ahaz.
• Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isaiah 8:21And they shall pass through it, hard pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass when they are hungry, they will fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and will gaze upward:
• Jeremiah 5:3Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
• Jeremiah 6:29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; they have melted, and melted in vain; and the bad are not plucked away.
• Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee.
• Revelation 16:11and blasphemed the God of the heaven for their distresses and their sores, and did not repent of their works.
• Revelation 2:21And I gave her time that she should repent, and she will not repent of her fornication.
• Revelation 9:20And the rest of men who were not killed with these plagues repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the golden and silver and brazen and stone and wooden idols, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
• Daniel 5:22And thou, Belshazzar, his son, hast not humbled thy heart, although thou knewest all this;
• Luke 13:3No, I say to you, but if ye repent not, ye shall all perish in the same manner.
• 2 Corinthians 12:21lest my God should humble me as to you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised.
• Revelation 11:13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand names of men were slain in the earthquake. And the remnant were filled with fear, and gave glory to the God of the heaven.
• Revelation 14:7saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come; and do homage to him who has made the heaven and the earth and the sea and fountains of waters.

Commentaries on Revelation 16:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9They repented not - No moral national amendment has taken place in consequence of the above calamities in that unhappy country, nor indeed any of those nations engaged against her in that long and ruinous contest, which has now terminated, (1817), without producing one political, moral, or religious advantage to herself or to Europe.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9And men were scorched with great heat - That is, as above expressed, calamity came upon them which would be well represented by such heat. It is said that this calamity would come upon people, and we are to suppose that it would be such that human life would be particularly affected; and as that heat of the sun must be exceedingly intense which would cut down people, we are to suppose that the judgment here referred to would be intensely severe. And…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-11Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9The fourth bowl is different from the plagues of Egypt, earlier seals, or trumpets. the people were scorched: Contrast Revelation 7:16. Yet those who faced this judgment refused to repent or honor God (see Revelation 9:20–21; 16:11; compare 14:6–7); they even cursed God's name.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. men--Greek, "the men." repented not to give him glory--(Re 9:20). Affliction, if it does not melt, hardens the sinner. Compare the better result on others, Re 11:13; 14:7; 15:4.Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 16:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Astronomy
• Blasphemy
• Character
• God
• Impenitence
• Temple
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Angel
• Blasphemy
• Gnaw
• Vial
• Dragon
• Grief; Grieve
• Justification
• Print; Printing; Printed

Commentaries on Revelation 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings