Revelation 9:20

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.

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BSB

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.

KJV

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:

ASV

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:

BBE

And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:

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καὶ kai And G2532 οἱ hoi the G3588 λοιποὶ loipoi rest G3062 τῶν tōn of the G3588 ἀνθρώπων anthrōpōn men G444 οἳ hoi who G3739 οὐκ ouk not G3756 ἀπεκτάνθησαν apektanthēsan were killed G615 ἐν en by G1722 ταῖς tais (the) G3588 πληγαῖς plēgais plagues G4127 ταύταις tautais these G3778 οὐδὲ oude not even G3761 μετενόησαν metenoēsan repented G3340 ἐκ ek of G1537 τῶν tōn the G3588 ἔργων ergōn works G2041 τῶν tōn of the G3588 χειρῶν cheirōn hands G5495 αὐτῶν autōn of them G846 ἵνα ina so that G2443 μὴ mē not G3361 προσκυνήσουσιν proskunēsousin they will worship G4352 τὰ ta the G3588 δαιμόνια daimonia demons G1140 καὶ kai and G2532 τὰ ta the G3588 εἴδωλα eidōla idols G1497 τὰ ta (the) G3588 χρυσᾶ chrusa golden G5552 καὶ kai and G2532 τὰ ta (the) G3588 ἀργυρᾶ argura silver G693 καὶ kai and G2532 τὰ ta (the) G3588 χαλκᾶ chalka bronze G5470 καὶ kai and G2532 τὰ ta (the) G3588 λίθινα lithina stone G3035 καὶ kai and G2532 τὰ ta (the) G3588 ξύλινα xulina wooden G3585 ἃ ha which G3739 οὔτε oute neither G3777 βλέπειν blepein to see G991 δύνανται dunantai are able G1410 οὔτε oute nor G3777 ἀκούειν akouein to hear G191 οὔτε oute nor G3777 περιπατεῖν peripatein to walk G4043

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 13–21

The sixth angel sounded, and here the power of the Turks seems the subject. Their time is limited. They not only slew in war, but brought a poisonous and ruinous religion. The antichristian generation repented not under these dreadful judgments. From this sixth trumpet learn that God can make one enemy of the church a scourge and a plague to another. The idolatry in the remains of the eastern church and elsewhere, and the sins of professed Christians, render this prophecy and its fulfilment more wonderful. And the attentive reader of Scripture and history, may find his faith and hope strengthened by events, which in other respects fill his heart with anguish and his eyes with tears, while he sees that men who escape these plagues, repent not of their evil works, but go on with idolatries, wickedness, and cruelty, till wrath comes upon them to the utmost.

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Afflictions And Adversities Idolatry Impenitence Demons Brass Obduracy (Hardness)

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.