Revelation 9

1 And at the sounding of the fifth angel I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth: and there was given to him the key of the great deep. (Abyssos g12)

The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him. (Abyssos g12)

2 And he made the great deep open and a smoke went up from it, like the smoke of a great oven; and the sun and the air were made dark because of the smoke. (Abyssos g12)

He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit. (Abyssos g12)

3 And from the smoke locusts came out on the earth; and power was given them, like the power of scorpions.

Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 And they were ordered to do no damage to the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only to such men as have not the mark of God on their brows.

They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have God’s seal on their foreheads.

5 And orders were given them not to put them to death, but to give them great pain for five months: and their pain was as the pain from the wound of a scorpion.

They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.

6 And in those days men will be hoping for death, and it will not come to them; and they will have a great desire for death, and death will go in flight from them.

In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

7 And the forms of the locusts were like horses made ready for war; and on their heads they had crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people’s faces.

8 And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.

9 And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight.

They had breastplates like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses rushing to war.

10 And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.

They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

11 They have over them as king the angel of the great deep: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek language Apollyon. (Abyssos g12)

They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”, but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”. (Abyssos g12)

12 The first Trouble is past: see, there are still two Troubles to come.

The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

13 And at the sounding of the sixth angel a voice came to my ears from the horns of the gold altar which is before God,

The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14 Saying to the sixth angel who had the horn, Make free the four angels who are chained at the great river Euphrates.

saying to the sixth angel who had the shofar, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”

15 And the four angels were made free, who were ready for the hour and day and month and year, that they might put to death a third part of men.

The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.

16 And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: the number of them came to my ears.

The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.

17 And so I saw the horses in the vision, and those who were seated on them, having breastplates of fire and glass and of burning stone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and a smell of burning.

Thus I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulphur yellow; and the horses’ heads resembled lions’ heads. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulphur.

18 By these evils a third part of men was put to death, by the fire, and the smoke, and the burning smell which came out of their mouths.

By these three plagues, one third of mankind was killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulphur, which proceeded out of their mouths.

19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails: because their tails are like snakes, and have heads, and with them they give wounds.

For 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 harm.

20 And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:

The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which can’t see, hear, or walk.

21 And they had no regret for putting men to death, or for their use of secret arts, or for the evil desires of the flesh, or for taking the property of others.

They didn’t repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.