| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. | 1When the fifth angel blew his trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. |
| 2He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. | 2It opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke came out of the shaft like the smoke from a large furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. |
| 3Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. | 3Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that of earthly scorpions. |
| 4They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. | 4They were told not to harm the grass on the earth, any green plant, or any tree. They could harm only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. |
| 5And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. | 5They were not allowed to kill them, but were only allowed to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone. |
| 6And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them. | 6In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them. |
| 7The 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. | 7The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were victor's crowns that looked like gold, and their faces were like human faces. |
| 8They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. | 8They had hair like women's hair and teeth like lions' teeth. |
| 9They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. | 9They had breastplates like iron, and the noise of their wings was like the roar of chariots with many horses rushing into battle. |
| 10They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months. | 10They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months. |
| 11They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. | 11They had the angel of the bottomless pit ruling over them as king. In Hebrew he is called Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. |
| 12The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things. | 12The first catastrophe is over. After these things, there are still two more catastrophes to come. |
| 13Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, | 13When the sixth angel blew his trumpet, I heard a voice from the four horns of the gold altar in front of God. |
| 14one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." | 14It told the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are held at the great Euphrates River." |
| 15And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. | 15So the four angels who were ready for that hour, day, month, and year were released to kill one-third of humanity. |
| 16The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. | 16The number of cavalry troops was 200,000,000. I heard how many there were. |
| 17And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone. | 17This was how I saw the horses in my vision: The riders wore breastplates that had the color of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur came out of their mouths. |
| 18A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. | 18By these three plagues—the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths—one-third of humanity was killed. |
| 19For 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. | 19For the power of these horses is in their mouths and their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes, which they use to inflict pain. |
| 20The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; | 20The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk. |
| 21and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts. | 21They did not repent from their murders, their witchcraft, their sexual immorality, or their thefts. |
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