Revelation 9

Modern

Literal

The Fifth Trumpet

¹Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

¹And the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star having fallen out of heaven to the earth, and the key of the pit of the Abyss was given to it.

²The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

²And he opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.

³And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

³And out of the smoke, locusts came out unto the earth, and authority was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have authority.

⁴They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

⁴And it was said to them that they will not harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men not having the seal of God on their foreheads.

⁵The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.

⁵And it was given to them that they should not kill them, but that they will torment them five months. And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when it might strike a man.

⁶In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

⁶And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die, and death flees from them.

⁷And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads; and their faces were like the faces of men.

⁷And the likenesses of the locusts were like horses having been prepared for battle, and upon their heads were something like crowns, like gold, and their faces like the faces of men.

⁸They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.

⁸And they had hair as hair of women, and their teeth were as those of lions.

⁹They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

⁹And they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of many chariots of horses running into battle.

¹⁰They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

¹⁰And they have tails and stingers like scorpions, and in their tails is their authority to harm men for five months.

¹¹They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon,^a and in Greek it is Apollyon.^b

¹¹They have a king over them, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.

¹²The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.

¹²The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes still are coming after these things.

The Sixth Trumpet

¹³Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

¹³And the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard one voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,

¹⁴saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

¹⁴saying to the sixth angel, the one having the trumpet, “Release the four angels, those having been bound at the great river Euphrates.”

¹⁵So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

¹⁵And the four angels having been prepared for the hour and day and month and year were released, so that they might kill a third of mankind.

¹⁶And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.

¹⁶And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two myriads of myriads; I heard the number of them.

¹⁷Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.

¹⁷And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting on them, having fiery and hyacinthine and sulfurous breastplates. And the heads of the horses were like heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and sulfur.

¹⁸A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.

¹⁸From these three plagues a third of mankind was killed by the fire and by the smoke and by the sulfur proceeding out of their mouths.

¹⁹For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.

¹⁹For the authority of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents having heads, and with them they do harm.

²⁰Now 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.

²⁰And the rest of the men who were not killed in these plagues did not even repent of the works of their hands so that they will not worship the demons and the golden and silver and bronze and stone and wooden idols, which are able neither to see nor to hear nor to walk.

²¹Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.

²¹And they did not repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.