Revelation 13:6

13:6 So ¹  the beast ²  opened his mouth to blaspheme against God – to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place, ³  that is, those who dwell in heaven.

Revelation 16:11

16:11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings ⁴  and because of their sores, ⁵  but nevertheless ⁶  they still refused to repent ⁷  of their deeds.

[13:6]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the permission granted to the beast.

[13:6]  ² tn Grk “he” (or “it”); the referent (the beast) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:6]  ³ tc The reading “and his dwelling place” does not occur in codex C, but its omission is probably due to scribal oversight since the phrase has the same ending as the phrase before it, i.e., they both end in “his” (αὐτοῦ, autou). This is similar to the mistake this scribe made in 12:14 with the omission of the reading “and half a time” (καὶ ἥμισυ καιροῦ, kai {hmisu kairou).

[16:11]  ⁴ 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.”

[16:11]  ⁵ tn Or “ulcerated sores” (see 16:2).

[16:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “and they did not repent.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but nevertheless” to express the contrast here.

[16:11]  ⁷ tn Grk “they did not repent” The addition of “still refused” reflects the hardness of people’s hearts in the context.