Revelation 9 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

The Fifth Trumpet—the Bottomless Pit

9 Then the (A)fifth angel sounded, and I saw a (B)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the (C)key of the [a](D)bottomless pit was given to him. 2 He opened the [b]bottomless pit, and (E)smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and (F)the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. 3 Then out of the smoke came (G)locusts [c]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the (H)scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were told not to (I)hurt the (J)grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the (K)seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And [d]they were not permitted to kill [e]anyone, but to torment for (L)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a (M)scorpion when it [f]stings a man. 6 And in those days (N)men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

7 The [g](O)appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like the hair of women, and their (P)teeth were like the teeth of lions. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the (Q)sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. 10 They have tails like (R)scorpions, and stings; and in their (S)tails is their power to hurt men for (T)five months. 11 They have as king over them, the angel of the (U)abyss; his name in (V)Hebrew is [h](W)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name [i]Apollyon.

12 (X)The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.

The Sixth Trumpet—Army from the East

13 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard [j]a voice from the [k]four (Y)horns of the (Z)golden altar which is before God, 14 one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the (AA)four angels who are bound at the (AB)great river Euphrates.” 15 And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were (AC)released, so that they would kill a (AD)third of [l]mankind. 16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was (AE)two hundred million; (AF)I heard the number of them. 17 And [m]this is how I saw (AG)in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of [n](AH)brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and (AI)out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and [o](AJ)brimstone. 18 A (AK)third of [p]mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the (AL)fire and the smoke and the [q]brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.

20 The rest of [r]mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (AM)did not repent of (AN)the works of their hands, so as not to (AO)worship demons, and (AP)the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; 21 and they (AQ)did not repent of their murders nor of their (AR)sorceries nor of their (AS)immorality nor of their thefts.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:1 Lit shaft of the abyss
  2. Revelation 9:2 V 1, note 1
  3. Revelation 9:3 Lit into
  4. Revelation 9:5 Lit it was given to them
  5. Revelation 9:5 Lit them
  6. Revelation 9:5 Lit strikes
  7. Revelation 9:7 Lit likenesses
  8. Revelation 9:11 I.e. destruction
  9. Revelation 9:11 I.e. destroyer
  10. Revelation 9:13 Lit one voice
  11. Revelation 9:13 Two early mss do not contain four
  12. Revelation 9:15 Gr anthropoi
  13. Revelation 9:17 Lit thus I saw
  14. Revelation 9:17 I.e. burning sulphur
  15. Revelation 9:17 I.e. burning sulphur
  16. Revelation 9:18 Gr anthropoi
  17. Revelation 9:18 I.e. burning sulphur
  18. Revelation 9:20 Gr anthropoi

Cross references

  1. Revelation 9:1 : Rev 8:2
  2. Revelation 9:1 : Rev 8:10
  3. Revelation 9:1 : Rev 1:18
  4. Revelation 9:1 : Luke 8:31; Rev 9:2, 11
  5. Revelation 9:2 : Gen 19:28; Ex 19:18
  6. Revelation 9:2 : Joel 2:2, 10
  7. Revelation 9:3 : Ex 10:12-15; Rev 9:7
  8. Revelation 9:3 : 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:5, 10
  9. Revelation 9:4 : Rev 6:6
  10. Revelation 9:4 : Rev 8:7
  11. Revelation 9:4 : Ezek 9:4; Rev 7:2, 3
  12. Revelation 9:5 : Rev 9:10
  13. Revelation 9:5 : 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:3, 10
  14. Revelation 9:6 : Job 3:21; 7:15; Jer 8:3; Rev 6:16
  15. Revelation 9:7 : Joel 2:4
  16. Revelation 9:8 : Joel 1:6
  17. Revelation 9:9 : Jer 47:3; Joel 2:5
  18. Revelation 9:10 : 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:3, 5
  19. Revelation 9:10 : Rev 9:19
  20. Revelation 9:10 : Rev 9:5
  21. Revelation 9:11 : Luke 8:31; Rev 9:1, 2
  22. Revelation 9:11 : John 5:2; Rev 16:16
  23. Revelation 9:11 : Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Ps 88:11 mg; Prov 15:11
  24. Revelation 9:12 : Rev 8:13; 11:14
  25. Revelation 9:13 : Ex 30:2f, 10
  26. Revelation 9:13 : Rev 8:3
  27. Revelation 9:14 : Rev 7:1
  28. Revelation 9:14 : Gen 15:18; Deut 1:7; Josh 1:4; Rev 16:12
  29. Revelation 9:15 : Rev 20:7
  30. Revelation 9:15 : Rev 8:7; 9:18
  31. Revelation 9:16 : Rev 5:11
  32. Revelation 9:16 : Rev 7:4
  33. Revelation 9:17 : Dan 8:2; 9:21
  34. Revelation 9:17 : Rev 9:18; 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8
  35. Revelation 9:17 : Rev 11:5
  36. Revelation 9:17 : Rev 9:18; 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8
  37. Revelation 9:18 : Rev 8:7; 9:15
  38. Revelation 9:18 : Rev 9:17
  39. Revelation 9:20 : Rev 2:21
  40. Revelation 9:20 : Deut 4:28; Jer 1:16; Mic 5:13; Acts 7:41
  41. Revelation 9:20 : 1 Cor 10:20
  42. Revelation 9:20 : Ps 115:4-7; 135:15-17; Dan 5:23
  43. Revelation 9:21 : Rev 9:20
  44. Revelation 9:21 : Is 47:9, 12; Rev 18:23
  45. Revelation 9:21 : Rev 17:2, 4, 5

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