OET interlinear REV 9:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐρρέθη αὐταῖς

˱it˲_˓was˒_said ˱to˲_them

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [God commanded them]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

ἐρρέθη αὐταῖς, ἵνα μὴ ἀδικήσουσιν τὸν χόρτον τῆς γῆς, οὐδὲ πᾶν χλωρὸν, οὐδὲ πᾶν δένδρον, εἰ μὴ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους οἵτινες οὐκ ἔχουσι τὴν σφραγῖδα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν μετώπων

˱it˲_˓was˒_said ˱to˲_them that (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐρρέθη αὐταῖς ἵνα μή ἀδικήσωσιν τόν χόρτον τῆς γῆς οὐδέ παν χλωρόν οὐδέ παν δένδρον εἰ μή τούς ἀνθρώπους οἵτινες οὐκ ἔχουσι τήν σφραγῖδα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπί τῶν μετώπων)

Having a direct quotation here may be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [And they were told, “Do not harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.”]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

τοὺς ἀνθρώπους

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἐρρέθη αὐταῖς ἵνα μή ἀδικήσωσιν τόν χόρτον τῆς γῆς οὐδέ παν χλωρόν οὐδέ παν δένδρον εἰ μή τούς ἀνθρώπους οἵτινες οὐκ ἔχουσι τήν σφραγῖδα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπί τῶν μετώπων)

As the General Notes to this chapter discuss, here and in several other places in this chapter John uses the masculine word men in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use a term in your language that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: [the people]