Revelation 9

1 And the fifth messenger sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star having fallen to the earth out of Heaven, and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss, (Abyssos g12)

Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss. (Abyssos g12)

2 and [he] opened the pit of the abyss, and there came up a smoke out of the pit as smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the pit. (Abyssos g12)

The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit. (Abyssos g12)

3 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,

And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

4 and it was said to them that they may not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men 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 who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

5 and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment—as the torment of a scorpion—when it may strike a man;

The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.

6 and in those days men will seek death and they will not find it, and they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

7 And the likenesses of the locusts—like to horses made ready to battle, and on their heads [something] as garlands like gold, and their faces as faces of men,

And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.

8 and they had hair as hair of women, and their teeth were as [those] of lions,

They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.

9 and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings—as the noise of chariots of many horses running to battle;

They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

10 and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority [is] to injure men five months;

They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

11 and they have over them a king—the messenger of the abyss—a name [is] to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he has a name, Apollyon. (Abyssos g12)

They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon. (Abyssos g12)

12 The first woe went forth, behold, there yet come two woes after these things.

The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.

13 And the sixth messenger sounded the trumpet, and I heard a voice out of the four horns of the altar of gold that is before God,

Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

14 saying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, “Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates”;

saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

15 and the four messengers were loosed, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of mankind;

So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

16 and the number of the forces of the horsemen—twice ten thousand ten thousands, and I heard the number of them.

And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.

17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those sitting on them, having breastplates of fire, and jacinth, and brimstone; and the heads of the horses [are] as heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceed fire, and smoke, and brimstone;

Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.

18 by these three plagues the third of mankind was killed, from the fire, and from the smoke, and from the brimstone, that is proceeding out of their mouths,

A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.

19 for the power of the horses are in their mouth, and in their tails, for their tails [are] like serpents, having heads, and they injure with them.

For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.

20 And the rest of mankind, who were not killed in these plagues, neither converted from the works of their hands, that they may not worship 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,

Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

21 and they did not convert from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their whoredoms, nor from their thefts.

Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.