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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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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “the” (τὴν) before authority here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andἐκαυματίσθησανekaumatisthēsanwere scorchedκαυματίζω (kaumatizō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural — “were scorched”, a single actionG2739I burn, scorch.were scorchedοἱhoiwhichὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.whichἄνθρωποιanthrōpoia humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “a human”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.καῦμαkaumaheatκαῦμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “heat”, the object formG2738burning heat, heat.This verse uses “heat”.μέγαmegagreatμέγας (megas)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “great”, the object formG3173large, great, in the widest sense.This verse uses “great”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἐβλασφήμησανeblasphēmēsanto blasphemeβλασφημέω (blasphēmeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to blaspheme”, a single actionG987I speak evil against, blaspheme, use abusive or scurrilous language about (God or men).This verse uses “blaspheme”.τὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὄνομαonomanameὄνομαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “name”, the object formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἔχοντοςechontosto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐξουσίανexousianauthorityἐξουσία (exousia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “authority”, the object formG1849(a) power, authority, weight, especially: moral authority, influence, (b) in a quasi-personal sense, derived from later Judaism, of a spiritual power, and hence of an earthly power.This verse uses “authority”.ἐπὶepiuponἐπίpreposition — “upon”G1909on, to, against, on the basis of, at.τὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πληγὰςplēgasplagueπληγή (plēgē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “plague”, the object formG4127a blow, stripe, wound; an affliction, plague.ταύταςtautasthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, feminine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notμετενόησανmetenoēsanto repentμετανοέω (metanoeō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural — “to repent”, a single actionG3340I repent, change my mind, change the inner man (particularly with reference to acceptance of the will of God), repent.This verse uses “repent”.δοῦναιdounaito giveδίδωμι (didōmi)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to give”, a single actionG1325I offer, give; I put, place.This verse uses “give”.to giveαὐτῷautōhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himδόξανdoxangloryδόξα (doxa)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “glory”, the object formG1391honor, renown; glory, an especially divine quality, the unspoken manifestation of God, splendor.glory

Literal (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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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.

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.

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.

Douay-Rheims

And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, who hath power over these plagues, neither did they penance to give him glory.

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