Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
and men were scorched by the intense heat. They blasphemed the Name of God who controlled these Curses, yet they did not repent and give him praise.
New American Standard Bible
Men were scorched with
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.
Holman Bible
and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God,
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.
A Conservative Version
And the men were scorched with great heat. And the men blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory.
American Standard Version
And men were scorched men 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.
Amplified
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.
An Understandable Version
And people were seared by the intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these judgments [i.e., the authority to inflict them], but they refused to repent and honor God. [See verse 2].
Anderson New Testament
And 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.
Bible in Basic English
And men were burned with great heat: and they said evil things against the name of the God who has authority over these punishments; and they were not turned from their evil ways to give him glory.
Common New Testament
Men were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.
Daniel 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.
Darby Translation
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.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
And men were scorched with great heat, and they reviled the name of God, who had power over these plagues, and reformed not, to 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.
Goodspeed New Testament
and they were dreadfully scorched, but they reviled the name of God who had control of these plagues, and would not repent and give him glory.
John Wesley New Testament
And the men were scorched exceedingly, and blasphemed the name of God, who had power over these plagues: but they repented not to give him glory.
Julia Smith 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.
King James 2000
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And people were burned up [by the] great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory.
Modern King James verseion
And men were burned with great heat. And they blasphemed the name of God, He having authority over these plagues. And they did not repent in order to give Him glory.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the men raged in great heat, and spake evil of the name of God which hath power over those plagues, and they repented not, to give him glory.
Moffatt New Testament
till men, scorched by the fierce heat, blasphemed the name of the God who had control of these plagues; yet they would not repent and give him glory.
Montgomery New Testament
And men were scorched with the terrible heat; and they blasphemed the name of the God who had the power over these plagues; yet they repented not, to 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.
Noyes New Testament
and men were scorched with great heat. And men blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues; and they repented not, to give him glory.
Sawyer New Testament
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God who had power over these plagues, and changed not their minds to give him glory.
The Emphasized Bible
and mankind were scorched with a great scorching heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who had authority over these plagues, and repented not to give him glory.
Thomas 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.
Webster
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.
Williams New Testament
so that men were severely scorched, but they only cursed the name of God who had authority over these plagues, and would not repent and 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.
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.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Blasphemous
Character of the wicked » Blasphemous
Repentance » The wicked » Not led to by the judgments of God
Temple » Figurative » Sending forth the forces of righteousness against the powers of evil
Topics
Interlinear
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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Blasphemeo
Houtos
Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 16:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Fourth Bowl
8 Then the fourth angel emptied his bowl upon the sun; and he was permitted to scorch men with fire; 9 and men were scorched by the intense heat. They blasphemed the Name of God who controlled these Curses, yet they did not repent and give him praise. 10 Then the fifth angel emptied his bowl upon the throne of the Beast; and darkness fell upon its Kingdom. Men gnawed their tongues for pain,
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Revelation 2:21
I gave her time to repent, but she is determined not to turn from her licentiousness.
Revelation 11:13
At that very time a great earthquake occurred. A tenth part of the city fell, and seven thousand people perished in the earthquake. Those who escaped were much terrified, and praised the God of Heaven.
Revelation 16:21
Great hailstones, a pound in weight, are falling upon men from the heavens. And men blasphemed God because of the Curse of the hail, for it was a very terrible Curse.
Luke 13:3
No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.
Luke 13:5
No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same manner."
2 Corinthians 12:21
I am afraid lest, on my next visit, my God may humble me in regard to you, and that I may have to mourn over many who have long been sinning, and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and sensuality, in which they have indulged.
Revelation 9:20
But those who were left of mankind, who had not perished through these Curses, did not repent and turn away from what their own hands had made; they would not abandon the worship of 'demons, and of idols made of gold or silver or brass or stone or wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk';
Revelation 14:7
and he cried in a loud voice-- 'Reverence God, and give him praise (for the hour of his Judgment has come) and worship him who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all springs of water.'
Revelation 16:10-11
Then the fifth angel emptied his bowl upon the throne of the Beast; and darkness fell upon its Kingdom. Men gnawed their tongues for pain,