Revelation 9 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And the fift angell blewe, and I sawe a starre fall from heauen vnto ye earth: and to hym was geuen the key of the bottomlesse pit. And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. The 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.
2 And he opened the bottomlesse pit, and the smoke of the pit arose, as the smoke of a great fornace, and the sunne and the ayre were darkened by the reason of the smoke of the pit. He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. When 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.
3 And there came out of the smoke locustes vpon the earth, and vnto them was geuen power, as the scorpions of the earth haue power. Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.
4 And it was commaunded them that they shoulde not hurt the grasse of the earth, neither any greene thing, neither any tree: but only those men which haue not the seale of God in their forheades. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They 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.
5 And to them was commaunded that they should not kyll them, but that they shoulde be vexed fiue monethes, and their paine was as the payne that commeth of a scorpion when he hath stong a man. They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. They 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.
6 And in those dayes shall men seke death, and shall not fynde it, and shall desire to dye, and death shall flee from them. And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them. During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
7 And the similitude of the locustes was like vnto horses prepared vnto battayle, and on their heades were as it were crownes lyke vnto golde, and their faces were as it had ben the faces of men. In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.
8 And they had heere as the heere of women, & their teeth were as ye teeth of Lions. their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.
9 And they had habbergions as it were habbergions of iron, and the sounde of their wynges was as ye sounde of charrettes when many horses runne together to batayle. they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
10 And they had tayles lyke vnto scorpions, and there were stynges in their tayles: and their power was to hurt men fiue monethes. They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails. They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.
11 And they had a king ouer them, which is the angell of the bottomlesse pytte, whose name in the Hebrue tongue is Abadon, but in ye Greke tongue Apollyon, that is to say, a destroyer. They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
12 One woe is past, & beholde two woes come yet after this. The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come. The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
13 And the sixt angell blewe, & I hearde a voyce from the foure hornes of the golden aulter, which is before God, Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.
14 Saying to the sixt angell whiche had the trumpe: Loose the foure angels which are bounde in the great riuer Euphrates. saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
15 And the foure angels were loosed, whiche were prepared for an houre, for a day, for a moneth, and for a yere, for to slea the thirde part of men. So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. And 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.
16 And the number of horsemen of warre were twentie thousand times ten thousande, & I hearde the number of them. The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.
17 And thus I sawe the horses in a vision, and them that sate on them, hauing fierie habbergions of a iacinct colour, and brymstone, and the heades of the horses were as the heades of lions, and out of their mouthes went foorth fire, and smoke, and brymstone. And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. The 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.
18 And of these three was the third part of men kylled that is to say of fire, smoke and brymstone, which proceaded out of the mouthes of them. By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths.
19 For their power was in their mouthes, & in their tayles: for their tayles were lyke vnto serpentes, and had heades, & with them they dyd hurt. For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound. The 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.
20 And the remnaunt of the men whiche were not killed by these plagues, repented not of the deedes of their handes, that they shoulde not worship deuyls, and idoles of golde, and syluer, & brasse, and stone, and of wood, whiche neither can see, neither heare, neither go: The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, The 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.
21 Also they repented not of their murther, & of their sorcerie, neither of their fornication, neither of their theft. nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
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