Revelation of John Chapter 9
Other Translations
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And the fifth angel sounded [his] trumpet: and I saw a star out of the heaven fallen to the earth; and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss.
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And it opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up smoke out of the pit as [the] smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke of the pit.
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And out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power;
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and it was said to them, that they should not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but the men who have not the seal ofGod on their foreheads:
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and it was given to them 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 it strikes a man.
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And in those days shall men seek death, and shall in no way find it; and shall desire to die, and death flees from them.
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And the likenesses of the locusts [were] like to horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as crowns like gold, and their faces as faces of men;
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and they had hair as women's hair, and their teeth were as of lions,
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and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running to war;
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and they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and their power [was] in their tails to hurt men five months.
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They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in Greek he has [for] name Apollyon.
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The first woe has passed. Behold, there come yet two woes after these things.
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And the sixth angel sounded [his] trumpet: and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which [is] beforeGod,
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saying to the sixth angel that had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound at the great river Euphrates.
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And the four angels were loosed, who are prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they might slay the third part of men;
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and the number of the hosts of horse [was] twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.
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And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those that sat upon them, having breastplates of fire and jacinth and brimstone; and the heads of the horses [were] as heads of lions, and out of their mouths goes out fire and smoke and brimstone.
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By these three plagues were the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which goes out of their mouths.
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For the power of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails: for their tails [are] like serpents, having heads, and with them they injure.
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And the rest of men who were not killed with these plagues repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the golden and silver and brazen and stone and wooden idols, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
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And they repented not of their murders, nor of their witchcrafts, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Et quintus Angelus tuba cecinit: et vidi stellam de cælo cecidisse in terram, et data est ei clavis putei abyssi.
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Et aperuit puteum abyssi: et ascendit fumus putei, sicut fumus fornacis magnæ: et obscuratus est sol, et aer de fumo putei:
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Et de fumo putei exierunt locustæ in terram, et data est illis potestas, sicut habent potestatem scorpiones terræ:
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et præceptum est illis ne læderent fœnum terræ, neque omne viride, neque omnem arborem: nisi tantum homines, qui non habent signum Dei in frontibus suis.
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Et datum est illis ne occiderent eos: sed ut cruciarent mensibus quinque: et cruciatus eorum, ut cruciatus scorpii cum percutit hominem.
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Et in diebus illis quærent homines mortem, et non invenient eam: et desiderabunt mori, et fugiet mors ab eis.
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Et similitudines locustarum, similes equis paratis in prælium: et super capita earum tamquam coronæ similes auro: et facies earum tamquam facies hominum.
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Et habebant capillos sicut capillos mulierum: et dentes earum, sicut dentes leonum erant:
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et habebant loricas sicut loricas ferreas, et vox alarum earum sicut vox curruum equorum multorum currentium in bellum:
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et habebant caudas similes scorpionum, et aculei erant in caudis earum: et potestas earum nocere hominibus mensibus quinque:
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et habebant super se regem angelum abyssi, cui nomen Hebraice Abaddon, Græce autem Apollyon, Latine habens nomen Exterminans.
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Væ unum abiit, et ecce veniunt adhuc duo væ post hæc.
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Et sextus Angelus tuba cecinit: et audivi vocem unam ex quattuor cornibus altaris aurei, quod est ante oculos Dei,
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dicentem sexto Angelo, qui habebat tubam: Solve quattuor angelos, qui alligati sunt in flumine magno Euphrate.
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Et soluti sunt quattuor Angeli, qui parati erant in horam, et diem, et mensem, et annum: ut occiderent tertiam partem hominum.
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Et numerus equestris exercitus vicies millies dena millia. Et audivi numerum eorum.
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Et ita vidi equos in visione: et qui sedebant super eos, habebant loricas igneas, et hyacinthinas, et sulphureas, et capita equorum erant tamquam capita leonum: et de ore eorum procedit ignis, et fumus, et sulphur.
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Et ab his tribus plagis occisa est tertia pars hominum de igne, et de fumo, et sulphure, quæ procedebant de ore ipsorum.
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Potestas enim equorum in ore eorum est, et in caudis eorum. nam caudæ eorum similes serpentibus, habentes capita: et in his nocent.
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Et ceteri homines, qui non sunt occisi in his plagis, neque pœnitentiam egerunt de operibus manuum suarum, ut non adorarent dæmonia, et simulacra aurea, et argentea, et ærea, et lapidea, et lignea, quæ neque videre possunt, neque audire, neque ambulare,
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et non egerunt pœnitentiam ab homicidiis suis, neque a veneficiis suis, neque a fornicatione sua, neque a furtis suis.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And the fifth messenger did sound, and I saw a star out of the heaven having fallen to the earth, and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss,
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and he did open the pit of the abyss, and there came up a smoke out of the pit as smoke of a great furnace, and darkened was the sun and the air, from the smoke of the pit.
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And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, as scorpions of the earth have authority,
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and it was said to them that they may not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but--the men only who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads,
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and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment <FI>is<Fi> as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man;
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and in those days shall men seek the death, and they shall not find it, and they shall desire to die, and the death shall flee from them.
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And the likenesses of the locusts <FI>are<Fi> like to horses made ready to battle, and upon their heads as crowns like gold, and their faces as faces of men,
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and they had hair as hair of women, and their teeth were as <FI>those<Fi> of lions,
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and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings <FI>is<Fi> as the noise of chariots of many horses running to battle;
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and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority <FI>is<Fi> to injure men five months;
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and they have over them a king--the messenger of the abyss--a name <FI>is<Fi> to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon.
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The first woe did go forth, lo, there come yet two woes after these things.
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And the sixth messenger did sound, and I heard a voice out of the four horns of the altar of gold that is before God,
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saying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, `Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates;'
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and loosed were the four messengers, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of men;
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and the number of the forces of the horsemen <FI>is<Fi> two myriads of myriads, and I heard the number of them.
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And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting upon them, having breastplates of fire, and jacinth, and brimstone; and the heads of the horses <FI>are<Fi> as heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceedeth fire, and smoke, and brimstone;
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by these three were the third of men killed, from the fire, and from the smoke, and from the brimstone, that is proceeding out of their mouth,
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for their authorities are in their mouth, and in their tails, for their tails <FI>are<Fi> like serpents, having heads, and with them they do injure;
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and the rest of men, who were not killed in these plagues, neither did reform from the works of their hands, that they may not bow before the demons, and idols, those of gold, and those of silver, and those of brass, and those of stone, and those of wood, that are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk,
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yea they did not reform from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their whoredoms, nor from their thefts.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).