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. I saw a star from heaven that had fallen to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. (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)

He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the shaft like smoke from a huge furnace. The sun and the air turned dark by the smoke pouring out of the shaft. (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,

Out of the smoke locusts came on the earth, and they were given power like that of scorpions on 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 damage the grass on the earth or any green plant or tree, but only the people 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;

They were not given permission to kill those people, but only to torture them for five months. Their agony would be like the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a person.

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 people will seek death, but will not find it. They will greatly desire to die, but death will flee from 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,

The locusts looked like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.

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

They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

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 had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound made by many chariots and horses running 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; in their tails they had power to harm 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 had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew was Abaddon, and in Greek he had the name Apollyon. (Abyssos g12)

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

The first woe is past. Look! After this there are still two disasters to come.

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,

The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is present before God.

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

The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.”

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;

The four angels who had been prepared for that hour, that day, that month, and that 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.

The number of the soldiers on horseback was 200,000,000. 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;

This is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode on them: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue and sulfurous yellow. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came 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 the people were killed by these three plagues: the fire, smoke, and sulfur that came out of 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—for their tails were like snakes, and they had heads with which they inflicted wounds on people.

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,

The rest of mankind, those who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the deeds they had done, nor did they stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—things that cannot see, hear, or walk.

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

Neither did they repent of their murders, their sorcery, their sexual immorality or their acts of theft.