Discovery BoxRevelation 9:19 
Context9:19 For the power 1 of the horses resides 2 in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries.
Revelation 16:11
Context16:11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings 3 and because of their sores, 4 but nevertheless 5 they still refused to repent 6 of their deeds.
1 tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”
2 tn Grk “is.”
3 tn Grk “pains” (the same term in Greek [πόνος, ponos] as the last word in v. 11, here translated “sufferings” because it is plural). BDAG 852 s.v. 2 states, “ἐκ τοῦ π. in pain…Rv 16:10; pl. (Gen 41:51; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 146; Test. Jud. 18:4) ἐκ τῶν π. …because of their sufferings vs. 11.”
4 tn Or “ulcerated sores” (see 16:2).
5 tn Grk “and they did not repent.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but nevertheless” to express the contrast here.
6 tn Grk “they did not repent” The addition of “still refused” reflects the hardness of people’s hearts in the context.
