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Revelation 9:20 Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
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They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/revelation/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/revelation/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not even repent of the works of their hands so that they will not worship the demons, and the golden and silver and bronze and stone and wooden idols, which are able neither to see, nor to hear, nor to walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/revelation/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/revelation/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/revelation/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands so as not to worship demons and the idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/revelation/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/revelation/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/revelation/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/revelation/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent even then of the works of their hands, so as to cease worshiping <i>and</i> paying homage to the demons and the idols of gold and of silver and of bronze and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/revelation/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/revelation/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/revelation/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/revelation/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The people who lived through these terrible troubles did not turn away from the idols they had made, and they did not stop worshiping demons. They kept on worshiping idols that were made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood. Not one of these idols could see, hear, or walk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/revelation/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the rest of mankind, which were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/revelation/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The people who survived these plagues still did not turn to me and change the way they were thinking and acting. If they had, they would have stopped worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/revelation/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The rest of the human race, all those who had not been killed by these plagues, did not turn away from what they themselves had made. They did not stop worshiping demons, nor the idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/revelation/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/revelation/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/revelation/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk about.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/revelation/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The rest of humanity, who were not killed with these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they would not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of bronze, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/revelation/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues, did not even then repent and leave the things they had made, so as to cease worshipping the demons, and the idols of gold and silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear, nor move.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/revelation/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which can’t see, hear, or walk. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/revelation/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the rest of mankind, who were not killed in these plagues, neither converted from the works of their hands, that they may not worship the demons, and idols, those of gold, and those of silver, and those of brass, and those of stone, and those of wood, that are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/revelation/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not even repent of the works of their hands so that they will not worship the demons, and the golden and silver and bronze and stone and wooden idols, which are able neither to see, nor to hear, nor to walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/revelation/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the rest of men, who were not killed in these plagues, neither did reform from the works of their hands, that they may not bow before the demons, and idols, those of gold, and those of silver, and those of brass, and those of stone, and those of wood, that are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/revelation/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the rest of men who were not killed by these blows, neither repented of the works of their hands, that they should not worship evil spirits, and images of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood: which neither can see, neither hear, neither walk:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/revelation/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the rest of the men, who were not slain by these plagues, did not do penance from the works of their hands, that they should not adore devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood, which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/revelation/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the rest of men, who were not slain by these afflictions, did not repent from the works of their hands, so that they would not worship demons, or idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/revelation/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The rest of the human race, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, to give up the worship of demons and idols made from gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/revelation/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The rest of humankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands or give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/revelation/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues, neither repented of the works of their hands, that is to say, the worship of devils and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And the rest of the children of men who were not killed by the scourges did not turn from the work of their hands to not worship Devils and idols of gold, of silver and of brass, and of wood and of stone, which do not see, neither hear, nor are able to walk.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/revelation/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And the rest of men that were not killed by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they might not worship demons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/revelation/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And the rest of the men who were not slain by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood; which are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/revelation/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And the residue of mankind, who were not slain by these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of wood, and of stone: which can neither see nor hear, nor walk:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/revelation/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />As for the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues, they did not repent of their evil actions, so as to forbear worshipping demons, and idols of gold and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/revelation/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />But the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues, did not even then repent and leave the things they had made, so as to cease worshipping the demons, and the idols of gold and silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear, nor move.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/revelation/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And the rest of the men, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship the demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/revelation/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And the rest of the men, who were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, <i>so as</i> not to worship demons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/revelation/9-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=1939" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/revelation/9.htm">The Sixth Trumpet</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">19</span>For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">Now</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3062.htm" title="3062: loipoi (Adj-NMP) -- Left, left behind, the remainder, the rest, the others. Masculine plural of a derivative of leipo; remaining ones.">rest</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpōn (N-GMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.">mankind</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hoi (RelPro-NMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">who</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/615.htm" title="615: apektanthēsan (V-AIP-3P) -- To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy.">were not killed</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">by</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: tautais (DPro-DFP) -- This; he, she, it. ">these</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tais (Art-DFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4127.htm" title="4127: plēgais (N-DFP) -- A blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague. From plesso; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity.">plagues</a> <a href="/greek/3761.htm" title="3761: oude (Conj) -- Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even."></a> <a href="/greek/3340.htm" title="3340: metenoēsan (V-AIA-3P) -- From meta and noieo; to think differently or afterwards, i.e. Reconsider.">still did not repent</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2041.htm" title="2041: ergōn (N-GNP) -- From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.">works</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">of their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5495.htm" title="5495: cheirōn (N-GFP) -- A hand. ">hands.</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that."></a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/4352.htm" title="4352: proskynēsousin (V-FIA-3P) -- From pros and a probable derivative of kuon; to fawn or crouch to, i.e. prostrate oneself in homage.">They did not stop worshiping</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1140.htm" title="1140: daimonia (N-ANP) -- An evil-spirit, demon; a heathen deity. Neuter of a derivative of daimon; a d?Monic being; by extension a deity.">demons</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1497.htm" title="1497: eidōla (N-ANP) -- An idol, false god. From eidos; an image; by implication, a heathen god, or the worship of such.">idols of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5552.htm" title="5552: chrysa (Adj-ANP) -- Golden, made of gold, adorned with gold. From chrusos; made of gold.">gold,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/693.htm" title="693: argyra (Adj-ANP) -- Made of silver. From arguros; made of silver.">silver,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5470.htm" title="5470: chalka (Adj-ANP) -- Made of bronze, bronze, brass. From chalkos; coppery.">bronze,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3035.htm" title="3035: lithina (Adj-ANP) -- Made of stone. From lithos; stony, i.e. Made of stone.">stone,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3585.htm" title="3585: xylina (Adj-ANP) -- Wooden. From xulon; wooden.">wood,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: ha (RelPro-NNP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">which</a> <a href="/greek/1410.htm" title="1410: dynantai (V-PIM/P-3P) -- (a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.">cannot</a> <a href="/greek/3777.htm" title="3777: oute (Conj) -- And not, neither, nor. From ou and te; not too, i.e. Neither or nor; by analogy, not even."></a> <a href="/greek/991.htm" title="991: blepein (V-PNA) -- (primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.">see</a> <a href="/greek/3777.htm" title="3777: oute (Conj) -- And not, neither, nor. From ou and te; not too, i.e. Neither or nor; by analogy, not even.">or</a> <a href="/greek/191.htm" title="191: akouein (V-PNA) -- To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.">hear</a> <a href="/greek/3777.htm" title="3777: oute (Conj) -- And not, neither, nor. From ou and te; not too, i.e. Neither or nor; by analogy, not even.">or</a> <a href="/greek/4043.htm" title="4043: peripatein (V-PNA) -- From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.">walk.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">21</span>Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-5.htm">Jeremiah 44:5</a></span><br />But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a></span><br />Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a></span><br />All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Deuteronomy 29:18-20</a></span><br />Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit, / because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. / The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a></span><br />Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-15.htm">Psalm 135:15-18</a></span><br />The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-8.htm">Isaiah 2:8</a></span><br />Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Isaiah 46:6-7</a></span><br />They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. / They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a></span><br />For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-10.htm">Ezekiel 8:10-12</a></span><br />So I went in and looked, and engraved all around the wall was every kind of crawling creature and detestable beast, along with all the idols of the house of Israel. / Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising. / “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Hosea 4:17</a></span><br />Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-41.htm">Acts 7:41-42</a></span><br />At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. / But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a></span><br />Little children, keep yourselves from idols.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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:</p><p class="hdg">And the.</p><p class="hdg">yet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/9-21.htm">Revelation 9:21</a></b></br> Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/2-21.htm">Revelation 2:21,22</a></b></br> And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/16-8.htm">Revelation 16:8</a></b></br> And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.</p><p class="hdg">worship.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7</a></b></br> And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Deuteronomy 32:17</a></b></br> They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new <i>gods that</i> came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/22-17.htm">2 Kings 22:17</a></b></br> Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.</p><p class="hdg">and idols.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a></b></br> Their idols <i>are</i> silver and gold, the work of men's hands… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/135-15.htm">Psalm 135:15-18</a></b></br> The idols of the heathen <i>are</i> silver and gold, the work of men's hands… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm">Isaiah 40:19,20</a></b></br> The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/2-18.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/revelation/2-18.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/revelation/4-8.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/james/2-19.htm">Demons</a> <a href="/revelation/9-7.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/revelation/3-22.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/revelation/9-18.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/revelation/9-18.htm">Mankind</a> <a href="/revelation/9-18.htm">Plagues</a> <a href="/revelation/3-19.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/revelation/2-21.htm">Repented</a> <a href="/revelation/6-11.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/revelation/4-3.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/revelation/3-4.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/james/3-5.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/revelation/3-15.htm">Works</a> <a href="/revelation/7-11.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/colossians/2-18.htm">Worshipping</a> <a href="/revelation/8-12.htm">Wouldn't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/18-12.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/revelation/18-12.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/genesis/8-22.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/revelation/16-14.htm">Demons</a> <a href="/revelation/14-14.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/revelation/13-16.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/revelation/13-9.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/revelation/11-5.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/revelation/11-2.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/revelation/14-4.htm">Mankind</a> <a href="/revelation/11-6.htm">Plagues</a> <a href="/revelation/9-21.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/revelation/9-21.htm">Repented</a> <a href="/revelation/11-13.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/revelation/18-12.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/revelation/15-6.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/revelation/16-15.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/revelation/18-12.htm">Wood</a> <a href="/revelation/13-13.htm">Works</a> <a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/revelation/13-4.htm">Worshipping</a> <a href="/revelation/13-15.htm">Wouldn't</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falls from heaven, to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">He opens the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/9-12.htm">The first woe past.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/9-13.htm">The sixth trumpet sounds.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/revelation/9-14.htm">Four angels who were bound are let loose.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These plagues are part of a series of divine judgments meant to lead humanity to repentance. The context is apocalyptic, with imagery that echoes the plagues of Egypt in Exodus, serving as a divine warning. The "rest of mankind" indicates a significant portion of humanity that remains after a period of intense suffering and death.<p><b>still did not repent of the works of their hands</b><br>Despite witnessing the severity of God's judgments, the survivors persist in their sinful behaviors. "The works of their hands" is a biblical idiom often used to describe idolatry and the creation of idols (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/2-8.htm">Isaiah 2:8</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/1-16.htm">Jeremiah 1:16</a>). This phrase underscores the stubbornness and hardness of human hearts, a recurring theme in Scripture where people refuse to turn away from sin even in the face of divine intervention.<p><b>They did not stop worshiping demons</b><br>This highlights the spiritual blindness and deception prevalent among the people. Worshiping demons suggests a deeper spiritual rebellion against God, aligning with the forces of evil. In <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20</a>, Paul warns that sacrifices to idols are, in fact, sacrifices to demons. This connection emphasizes the spiritual warfare aspect of idolatry and the influence of demonic forces in leading people away from God.<p><b>and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood</b><br>The mention of materials used for idols reflects the ancient practice of crafting physical representations of deities. These materials are often associated with wealth and status, indicating that idolatry is not only a spiritual issue but also tied to materialism and human pride. The prophets frequently condemned such practices (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a>), highlighting the futility of worshiping man-made objects.<p><b>which cannot see or hear or walk</b><br>This phrase underscores the impotence and lifelessness of idols, contrasting them with the living God who sees, hears, and acts. The futility of idol worship is a common biblical theme, as seen in <a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-7</a> and <a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Isaiah 46:6-7</a>. These passages mock the idea that inanimate objects could possess divine attributes or offer any real help, emphasizing the foolishness of turning away from the true God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/mankind.htm">Mankind</a></b><br>Refers to the people on earth who survived the plagues described in <a href="/bsb/revelation/9.htm">Revelation 9</a>. Despite witnessing these catastrophic events, they remain unrepentant.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/plagues.htm">Plagues</a></b><br>Catastrophic events or judgments sent by God as part of the end-times tribulations. These are meant to lead people to repentance, yet many remain hardened.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/demons_and_idols.htm">Demons and Idols</a></b><br>Represents false gods and spiritual entities that people worship instead of the one true God. Idols are described as lifeless objects made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hardness_of_the_human_heart.htm">The Hardness of the Human Heart</a></b><br>Despite witnessing divine judgment, the human heart can remain unrepentant. This calls for self-examination and a softening of our hearts towards God’s truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_idolatry.htm">The Futility of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idols, whether physical or metaphorical, cannot provide salvation or true fulfillment. Believers are called to worship God alone, who is living and active.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The passage serves as a warning and a call to repentance. It reminds us of the importance of turning away from sin and towards God before it is too late.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Recognizing the influence of demonic forces in leading people away from God highlights the need for spiritual vigilance and reliance on God’s power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_faith.htm">Endurance in Faith</a></b><br>In times of trial and judgment, believers are encouraged to remain steadfast in their faith, trusting in God’s ultimate plan and justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_rapture,_tribulation.htm">What does the Bible say about Rapture and Tribulation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_rev_9_1-21_judgments_fit_god's_mercy.htm">How do these terrifying judgments (Revelation 9:1–21) align with the broader biblical portrayal of a just and merciful God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_three_woes_in_revelation.htm">What are the three woes in Revelation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_being_unrepentant_mean.htm">What does being unrepentant mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20, 21) <span class= "bld">And the rest . . .</span>--Translate, <span class= "ital">And the rest of mankind who were not slain in these plagues did not even repent of</span> (or, <span class= "ital">out of</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> so as to forsake) <span class= "ital">the works of their hands, that they should not worship the demons</span> (evil spirits), <span class= "ital">and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass</span>, <span class= "ital">and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk: and they did not repent of</span> (or, <span class= "ital">out of) their murders, nor of</span> (or, <span class= "ital">out of) their sorceries, nor out of their fornication, nor out of their thefts.</span> These verses make one or two points clear. First, they show us that, whatever the nature of the plagues might be, they were afflictions designed to bring about repentance, and to rouse men, whether nominally Christian or not, from the lethargy into which long indulged sin had plunged them. Those terrible revolutions which are the growth of years, and which startle men with their apparent suddenness and violence, are the great appeals of God, asking men to see the meaning of sin; they are the trumpet blasts calling to repentance. But we are told more; the remainder of the godless did not repent. We are not, indeed, told that they did not feel terror, or remorse, or momentary qualms and misgivings, but that they did not show that which alone is regarded as genuine repentance, the repentance out of sin, the repentance which turns away from sin. We need always that wholesome caution. We need it most in times when hysterical and emotional religionism is fashionable, and it is forgotten that true repentance is a repentance whereby we forsake sins. These men repented not out of their sin. And their sins are enumerated, and the enumeration again takes us back to the history of Israel as to the historical basis which the sacred seer enlarged and vivified; for the sins are just those against which Israel was warned and into which Israel fell (<a href="/deuteronomy/4-28.htm" title="And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.">Deuteronomy 4:28</a>; <a href="/context/psalms/106-34.htm" title="They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:">Psalm 106:34-40</a>; <a href="/acts/7-41.htm" title="And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.">Acts 7:41</a>). The sins are demon-worship and idolatry: "They served idols; they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils." (Comp. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm" title="But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that you should have fellowship with devils.">1Corinthians 10:20</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm" title="Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;">1Timothy 4:1</a>.) It is needful to trace these sins in the history of Israel, as it has been argued that these are heathen sins, and that therefore these plagues must be plagues which fall on those who are literally heathens. But if we bear in mind that the series of visions describe features which will accompany the advance of Christianity in the world, we shall remember that it is against worldliness, wherever found, idolatries, of whatever kind, murders and thefts, called by whatever name, that the true genius of Christianity makes war. Christ is king, and king of righteousness, and in righteousness does He make war, and the heathenisms which are called Christianity are as much the objects of His displeasure as the most obvious Paganism. It is needful to remember that Jews are addressed as if they were heathen, aye, very <span class= "ital">habitues</span> of Sodom (<a href="/isaiah/1-10.htm" title="Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.">Isaiah 1:10</a>), and that the Christian Church is warned against sins which are little else than idolatries. Covetousness, the very essence of worldliness, is by St. Paul twice over called idolatry (<a href="/colossians/3-5.htm" title=" Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:">Colossians 3:5</a>, and <a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm" title="For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.">Ephesians 5:5</a>). It seems, therefore, to be foreign to the purpose to try and limit these plagues only to the non-Christian world. To do this is to get a narrow, improbable (may we not say an impossible?) interpretation; for the greatest strength of the world-power would be left untouched. It is true that the visions are not showing us the plagues which fall on apostasy and fornication within the Church; but it is true that we are beholding visions which show how terribly the world-spirit avenges itself on all who harbour it, whether called Christian or not. Gross sins, gigantic frauds, complacent familiarity with crime, followed by blunted moral sense, are heathenish, whether found in Pagan or Christian society. Heavy woes must inevitably await the society which tolerates such works; but the worst omen of the coming doom is seen when society has lost the power to repent because it has lost the power to hate evil. Such an incapacity is invariably significant of advanced moral decay. It is the climax in the growth of sin which the Psalmist noticed where men lose the sacred abhorrence of evil (<a href="/psalms/36-4.htm" title="He devises mischief on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.">Psalm 36:4</a>). To such repentance is becoming impossible. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues;</span> <span class="accented">the rest of mankind</span> (Revised Version). That is, the two thirds (ver. 18). Some understand "these plagues" to refer to the first six trumpets. It may be so, but it seems more correct to limit it to the sixth, as the same phrase, which occurs in ver. 18, must be so limited. <span class="accented">Mankind</span> must be taken to mean the worldly only. Of the ungodly, some are killed (the third part), the rest yet do not repent. The vision is not concerned with the fate of the righteous. <span class="cmt_word">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.</span> "The works of their hands" refers to idolatry, as shown by the succeeding words. This verse begins to prepare us for the seventh judgment. Men will not repent; therefore the last final judgment becomes necessary. The absurdity of idolatrous worship is frequently thus set forth by Old Testament writers (cf. <a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4</a>; <a href="/psalms/135-15.htm">Psalm 135:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/2-8.htm">Isaiah 2:8</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/22-1.htm">Ezekiel 22:1, 4</a>; <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Hosea 13:2</a>). See also the description in <a href="/daniel/5-23.htm">Daniel 5:23</a> which seems to have suggested the wording of this part of the vision. It has been well remarked that in this verse mention is made of sins against God; in the following verse man's sins against his neighbours are detailed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/revelation/9-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">The</span><br /><span class="grk">οἱ</span> <span class="translit">(hoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rest</span><br /><span class="grk">λοιποὶ</span> <span class="translit">(loipoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3062.htm">Strong's 3062: </a> </span><span class="str2">Left, left behind, the remainder, the rest, the others. Masculine plural of a derivative of leipo; remaining ones.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="grk">τῶν</span> <span class="translit">(tōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mankind</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀνθρώπων</span> <span class="translit">(anthrōpōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_444.htm">Strong's 444: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="grk">οἳ</span> <span class="translit">(hoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">were not killed</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀπεκτάνθησαν</span> <span class="translit">(apektanthēsan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_615.htm">Strong's 615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐν</span> <span class="translit">(en)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> </span><span class="str2">In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="grk">ταύταις</span> <span class="translit">(tautais)</span><br /><span class="parse">Demonstrative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> </span><span class="str2">This; he, she, it. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">plagues</span><br /><span class="grk">πληγαῖς</span> <span class="translit">(plēgais)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Dative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4127.htm">Strong's 4127: </a> </span><span class="str2">A blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague. From plesso; a stroke; by implication, a wound; figuratively, a calamity.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">still did not repent</span><br /><span class="grk">μετενόησαν</span> <span class="translit">(metenoēsan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3340.htm">Strong's 3340: </a> </span><span class="str2">From meta and noieo; to think differently or afterwards, i.e. Reconsider.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ek)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τῶν</span> <span class="translit">(tōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">works</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔργων</span> <span class="translit">(ergōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2041.htm">Strong's 2041: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῶν</span> <span class="translit">(autōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hands.</span><br /><span class="grk">χειρῶν</span> <span class="translit">(cheirōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5495.htm">Strong's 5495: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">They did not stop worshiping</span><br /><span class="grk">προσκυνήσουσιν</span> <span class="translit">(proskynēsousin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4352.htm">Strong's 4352: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pros and a probable derivative of kuon; to fawn or crouch to, i.e. prostrate oneself in homage.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">demons</span><br /><span class="grk">δαιμόνια</span> <span class="translit">(daimonia)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1140.htm">Strong's 1140: </a> </span><span class="str2">An evil-spirit, demon; a heathen deity. Neuter of a derivative of daimon; a d?Monic being; by extension a deity.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">idols of</span><br /><span class="grk">εἴδωλα</span> <span class="translit">(eidōla)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1497.htm">Strong's 1497: </a> </span><span class="str2">An idol, false god. From eidos; an image; by implication, a heathen god, or the worship of such.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">gold,</span><br /><span class="grk">χρυσᾶ</span> <span class="translit">(chrysa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5552.htm">Strong's 5552: </a> </span><span class="str2">Golden, made of gold, adorned with gold. From chrusos; made of gold.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">silver,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀργυρᾶ</span> <span class="translit">(argyra)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_693.htm">Strong's 693: </a> </span><span class="str2">Made of silver. From arguros; made of silver.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bronze,</span><br /><span class="grk">χαλκᾶ</span> <span class="translit">(chalka)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5470.htm">Strong's 5470: </a> </span><span class="str2">Made of bronze, bronze, brass. From chalkos; coppery.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stone,</span><br /><span class="grk">λίθινα</span> <span class="translit">(lithina)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3035.htm">Strong's 3035: </a> </span><span class="str2">Made of stone. From lithos; stony, i.e. Made of stone.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">wood,</span><br /><span class="grk">ξύλινα</span> <span class="translit">(xylina)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3585.htm">Strong's 3585: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wooden. From xulon; wooden.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which</span><br /><span class="grk">ἃ</span> <span class="translit">(ha)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">cannot</span><br /><span class="grk">δύνανται</span> <span class="translit">(dynantai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1410.htm">Strong's 1410: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can. Of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">see</span><br /><span class="grk">βλέπειν</span> <span class="translit">(blepein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_991.htm">Strong's 991: </a> </span><span class="str2">(primarily physical), I look, see, perceive, discern. A primary verb; to look at.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[or]</span><br /><span class="grk">οὔτε</span> <span class="translit">(oute)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3777.htm">Strong's 3777: </a> </span><span class="str2">And not, neither, nor. From ou and te; not too, i.e. Neither or nor; by analogy, not even.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hear</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀκούειν</span> <span class="translit">(akouein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_191.htm">Strong's 191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[or]</span><br /><span class="grk">οὔτε</span> <span class="translit">(oute)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3777.htm">Strong's 3777: </a> </span><span class="str2">And not, neither, nor. From ou and te; not too, i.e. Neither or nor; by analogy, not even.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">walk.</span><br /><span class="grk">περιπατεῖν</span> <span class="translit">(peripatein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4043.htm">Strong's 4043: </a> </span><span class="str2">From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">NT Prophecy: Revelation 9:20 The rest of mankind who were not (Rev. 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