Revelation 9 HCSB NIV Parallel

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1The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth. The key to the shaft of the abyss was given to him.

1The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss.

2He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.

2When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.

3Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth.

3And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.

4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only people who do not have God's seal on their foreheads.

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

5They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man.

5They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes.

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

6During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.

7The appearance of the locusts was like horses equipped for battle. Something like gold crowns was on their heads; their faces were like men's faces;

7The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.

8they had hair like women's hair; their teeth were like lions' teeth;

8Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

9they had chests like iron breastplates; the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle;

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

10and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.

10They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.

11They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

11They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

12The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this.

12The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.

13The sixth angel blew his trumpet. From the four horns of the gold altar that is before God, I heard a voice

13The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.

14say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels bound at the great river Euphrates."

14It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."

15So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race.

15And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

16The number of mounted troops was 200 million; I heard their number.

16The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.

17This is how I saw the horses in my vision: The horsemen had breastplates that were fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.

17The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.

18A third of the human race was killed by these three plagues--by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came from their mouths.

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

19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails, which resemble snakes, have heads, and they inflict injury with them.

19The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

20The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.

20The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk.

21And they did not repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

21Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.

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