Revelation 9:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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:

The rest of the men - i:e., the ungodly.

Yet. So A, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic; B 'Aleph (') read, 'did not even repent of,' so as to give up "the works," etc. Like Pharaoh hardening his heart against repentance, notwithstanding the plagues.

Of their hands - (Deuteronomy 31:29.) Especially the idols made by their hands. Compare Revelation 13:14-15; Revelation 19:20.

That they should not. So B; but A C 'Aleph ('), 'shall not:' a prophecy of certainty that it shall be so.

Devils - `demons:' which lurk beneath idols (1 Corinthians 10:20).

Revelation 9:20

20 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: