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-Revelation Chapter
9 - (King James Version)
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw
a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key
of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a
smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and
the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth:
and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have
power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the
grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but
only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill
them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment
was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not
find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses
prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like
gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth
were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of
iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of
many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were
stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of
the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in
the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more
hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from
the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose
the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared
for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third
part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two
hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that
sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and
brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and
out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by
the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of
their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails:
for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them
they do hurt.
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these
plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should
not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and
stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their
sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
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- Revelation Chapter
9 - (New International
Version)
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. 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. 3And
out of the smoke locusts came down upon 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 plant or tree, but only those
people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5They
were not given power 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 a man. 6During those days men will
seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death
will elude them.
7The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On
their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces
resembled human faces. 8Their hair was like women's hair,
and their teeth were like lions' teeth. 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. 10They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in
their tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11They
had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is
Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.[1]
12The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
13The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice
coming from the horns[2]
of the golden altar that is before God. 14It said to the
sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are
bound at the great river Euphrates." 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
the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number.
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
mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that
came out of their mouths. 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 mankind that 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. 21Nor did they
repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or
their thefts.
New International Version (NIV)
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International Bible Society
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