Revelation 16:11

They insulted God who rules in heaven, because their sores were so painful. But they refused to stop doing the evil things that they were doing.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

In Context

10When the fifth angel poured out on the throne of the beast the wine/liquid that was in [MTY] his bowl, it became dark in the kingdom that the beast ruled. As a result, the beast and the people whom it ruled were biting their tongues because they were suffering intense pain.

12The sixth angel poured out on the huge river Euphrates the wine/liquid that was in [MTY] his bowl. As a result, the water in the river was dried up so that the rulers from the eastern [MTY] countries could cross it with their armies [SYN].

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Cross References

Ezra 1:2“I, King Cyrus, who rule the Persian Empire, declare this: 'Yahweh, the God who is in/rules from heaven, has caused me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms that I know about on the earth. And he has appointed me to enable his people to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, in Judah land.

Ezra 6:10If you do that, the Jewish priests will be able to offer sacrifices that please the God who is in heaven, and they will pray that God will bless me and my sons.

Ezra 7:21“And I, King Artaxerxes, command this to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River: 'Give to Ezra, the priest who has studied very well the laws of the God who is/rules in heaven, everything that he requests, and give it to him quickly.

Nehemiah 1:4When I heard that, I sat down and cried. For several days I mourned, and I ◄fasted/abstained from eating food►, and I prayed to our God, who is/rules in heaven.

Psalms 136:26So thank God, who lives in heaven, for all those things, because his faithful love for us endures forever!

Daniel 2:44But while those kings are ruling, God who rules in heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. No one will ever defeat its king. He will completely destroy all those kingdoms, but his kingdom will remain forever.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 16:9-12

The Seven Vials. ( a. d. 95.) 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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