Revelation 9 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth: and there was given to him the key of the well of the bottomless 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 well of the bottomless pit; and a smoke went up out of the well, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun was darkened, and the air, from the smoke of the well. 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 out of the smoke came forth locusts into the earth: and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have 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 said to them that they should not injure the grass of the earth, neither any green, nor any tree; except the men only which have not the seal of God upon their foreheads. 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 it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tortured five months: and their torture as the torture of a scorpion, when he should strike 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 days shall men seek death, and not find it; and shall eagerly desire to die, 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 likenesses of the locusts like horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as crowns like gold, and their faces as men's faces. 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 hair as women's hair, and their teeth were as 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 coats of mail, as coats of mail of iron; and the voice of their wings as the voice of chariots of many horses running to war. 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 have tails as scorpions, and goads were in their tails: and their power to injure men five months. 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 have a king over them, the angel of the abyss, the name to him in Hebrew Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon. 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 has passed; behold, there come two woes more after these. 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 sixth angel sounded the trumpet, and I heard one voice from the four horns of the golden altar 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 sixth angel who had the trumpet, Loose the four angels bound in the great river 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 four angels were loosed, prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, that they might kill the third 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 troops of cavalry, two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard their number. 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 saw the horses in the vision, and them sitting upon them, having fiery coats of mail, and of deep purple, and sulphurous: and the horses' heads as lions' heads; and out of their mouths went forth fire and smoke and sulphur. 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 By these three were the third of men killed, from fire, and from smoke, and from brimstone, coming forth out of their mouths. 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 powers are in their month, and in their tails: for their tails like serpents, having heads, and with them they injure. 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 rest of men who were not killed by these blows, neither repented of the works of their hands, that they should not worship evil spirits, and images of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and wood: which neither can see, neither hear, neither walk: 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 And they repented not of their slaughters, nor of their charms, nor of their fornications, nor of their thefts. 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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