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World English Bible

Revelation 9 (WEBP)

[1] 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.
[2] 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.
[3] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
[9] 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] 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 abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”, but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”.
[12] The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.
[13] 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 trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”
[15] 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] The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.
[17] Thus I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the horses’ heads resembled lions’ heads. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
[18] By these three plagues, one third of mankind was killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
[19] 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] 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] They didn’t repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

Revelation 9:2 TR adds “great”
Revelation 9:11a “Abaddon” is a Hebrew word that means “ruin”, “destruction”, or “the place of destruction”
Revelation 9:11b “Apollyon” means “Destroyer”.
Revelation 9:16 Literally, “ten thousands of ten thousands”
Revelation 9:21 The word for “sorceries” (pharmakeia) also implies the use of potions, poisons, and drugs

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Revelation 9 (KJVS)

[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.

Revelation 9:11 That is to say, A destroyer
Revelation 9:15 Or, at

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Revelation 9 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ὁ () πέμπτος () ἄγγελος () ἐσάλπισεν, () καὶ () εἶδον () ἀστέρα () ἐκ () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () πεπτωκότα () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () καὶ () ἐδόθη () αὐτῷ () ἡ () κλεὶς () τοῦ () φρέατος () τῆς () ἀβύσσου. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἤνοιξεν () τὸ () φρέαρ () τῆς () ἀβύσσου, () καὶ () ἀνέβη () καπνὸς () ἐκ () τοῦ () φρέατος () ὡς () καπνὸς () καμίνου () καιομένης, () καὶ () ἐσκοτίσθη () ὁ () ἥλιος () καὶ () ὁ () ἀὴρ () ἐκ () τοῦ () καπνοῦ () τοῦ () φρέατος. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἐκ () τοῦ () καπνοῦ () ἐξῆλθον () ἀκρίδες () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () καὶ () ἐδόθη () αὐταῖς () ἐξουσία, () ὡς () ἔχουσιν () ἐξουσίαν () οἱ () σκορπίοι () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐρρέθη () αὐταῖς () ἵνα () μὴ () ἀδικήσωσιν () τὸν () χόρτον () τῆς () γῆς, () οὐδὲ () πᾶν () χλωρόν, () οὐδὲ () πᾶν () δένδρον, () εἰ () μὴ () τοὺς () ἀνθρώπους () οἵτινες () οὐκ () ἔχουσιν () τὴν () σφραγῖδα () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐπὶ () τῶν () μετώπων () αὐτῶν. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐδόθη () αὐταῖς () ἵνα () μὴ () ἀποκτείνωσιν () αὐτούς, () ἀλλ’ () ἵνα () βασανισθῶσιν () μῆνας () πέντε· () καὶ () ὁ () βασανισμὸς () αὐτῶν () ὡς () βασανισμὸς () σκορπίου, () ὅταν () παίσῃ () ἄνθρωπον. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () ἐκείναις () ζητήσουσιν () οἱ () ἄνθρωποι () τὸν () θάνατον, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () εὑρήσουσιν () αὐτόν· () καὶ () ἐπιθυμήσουσιν () ἀποθανεῖν, () καὶ () φεύξεται () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν () ὁ () θάνατος. ()
[7] Καὶ () τὰ () ὁμοιώματα () τῶν () ἀκρίδων () ὅμοια () ἵπποις () ἡτοιμασμένοις () εἰς () πόλεμον, () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὰς () κεφαλὰς () αὐτῶν () ὡς () στέφανοι () χρυσοῖ, () καὶ () τὰ () πρόσωπα () αὐτῶν () ὡς () πρόσωπα () ἀνθρώπων. ()
[8] Καὶ () εἶχον () τρίχας () ὡς () τρίχας () γυναικῶν, () καὶ () οἱ () ὀδόντες () αὐτῶν () ὡς () λεόντων () ἦσαν. ()
[9] Καὶ () εἶχον () θώρακας () ὡς () θώρακας () σιδηροῦς, () καὶ () ἡ () φωνὴ () τῶν () πτερύγων () αὐτῶν () ὡς () φωνὴ () ἁρμάτων () ἵππων () πολλῶν () τρεχόντων () εἰς () πόλεμον. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἔχουσιν () οὐρὰς () ὁμοίας () σκορπίοις, () καὶ () κέντρα. () Καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () οὐραῖς () αὐτῶν () ἐξουσίαν () ἔχουσιν () τοῦ () ἀδικῆσαι () τοὺς () ἀνθρώπους () μῆνας () πέντε. ()
[11] Ἔχουσαι () βασιλέα () ἐπ’ () αὐτῶν () ἄγγελον () τῆς () ἀβύσσου· () ὄνομα () αὐτῷ () Ἑβραϊστὶ () Ἀββαδών, () ἐν () δὲ () τῇ () Ἑλληνικῇ () ὄνομα () ἔχει () Ἀπολλύων. ()
[12] Ἡ () οὐαὶ () ἡ () μία () ἀπῆλθεν· () ἰδού, () ἔρχεται () ἔτι () δύο () οὐαὶ () μετὰ () ταῦτα. ()
[13] Καὶ () ὁ () ἕκτος () ἄγγελος () ἐσάλπισεν, () καὶ () ἤκουσα () φωνὴν () μίαν () ἐκ () τῶν () τεσσάρων () κεράτων () τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου () τοῦ () χρυσοῦ () τοῦ () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () θεοῦ, ()
[14] λέγουσαν () τῷ () ἕκτῳ () ἀγγέλῳ () ὁ () ἔχων () τὴν () σάλπιγγα, () Λῦσον () τοὺς () τέσσαρας () ἀγγέλους () τοὺς () δεδεμένους () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ποταμῷ () τῷ () μεγάλῳ () Εὐφράτῃ. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἐλύθησαν () οἱ () τέσσαρες () ἄγγελοι () οἱ () ἡτοιμασμένοι () εἰς () τὴν () ὥραν () καὶ () εἰς () τὴν () ἡμέραν () καὶ () μῆνα () καὶ () ἐνιαυτόν, () ἵνα () ἀποκτείνωσιν () τὸ () τρίτον () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων. ()
[16] Καὶ () ὁ () ἀριθμὸς () τῶν () στρατευμάτων () τοῦ () ἵππου () μυριάδες () μυριάδων· () ἤκουσα () τὸν () ἀριθμὸν () αὐτῶν. ()
[17] Καὶ () οὕτως () εἶδον () τοὺς () ἵππους () ἐν () τῇ () ὁράσει, () καὶ () τοὺς () καθημένους () ἐπ’ () αὐτῶν, () ἔχοντας () θώρακας () πυρίνους () καὶ () ὑακινθίνους () καὶ () θειώδεις· () καὶ () αἱ () κεφαλαὶ () τῶν () ἵππων () ὡς () κεφαλαὶ () λεόντων, () καὶ () ἐκ () τῶν () στομάτων () αὐτῶν () ἐκπορεύεται () πῦρ () καὶ () καπνὸς () καὶ () θεῖον. ()
[18] Ἀπὸ () τῶν () τριῶν () πληγῶν () τούτων () ἀπεκτάνθησαν () τὸ () τρίτον () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων, () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () πυρὸς () καὶ () τοῦ () καπνοῦ () καὶ () τοῦ () θείου () τοῦ () ἐκπορευομένου () ἐκ () τῶν () στομάτων () αὐτῶν. ()
[19] Ἡ () γὰρ () ἐξουσία () τῶν () ἵππων () ἐν () τῷ () στόματι () αὐτῶν () ἐστίν, () καὶ () ἐν () ταῖς () οὐραῖς () αὐτῶν· () αἱ () γὰρ () οὐραὶ () αὐτῶν () ὅμοιαι () ὄφεων, () ἔχουσαι () κεφαλάς, () καὶ () ἐν () αὐταῖς () ἀδικοῦσιν. ()
[20] Καὶ () οἱ () λοιποὶ () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων, () οἳ () οὐκ () ἀπεκτάνθησαν () ἐν () ταῖς () πληγαῖς () ταύταις, () οὐ () μετενόησαν () ἐκ () τῶν () ἔργων () τῶν () χειρῶν () αὐτῶν, () ἵνα () μὴ () προσκυνήσωσιν () τὰ () δαιμόνια, () καὶ () τὰ () εἴδωλα () τὰ () χρυσᾶ () καὶ () τὰ () ἀργυρᾶ () καὶ () τὰ () χαλκᾶ () καὶ () τὰ () λίθινα () καὶ () τὰ () ξύλινα, () ἃ () οὔτε () βλέπειν () δύναται, () οὔτε () ἀκούειν, () οὔτε () περιπατεῖν· ()
[21] καὶ () οὐ () μετενόησαν () ἐκ () τῶν () φόνων () αὐτῶν, () οὔτε () ἐκ () τῶν () φαρμακειῶν () αὐτῶν, () οὔτε () ἐκ () τῆς () πορνείας () αὐτῶν, () οὔτε () ἐκ () τῶν () κλεμμάτων () αὐτῶν. ()

Revelation 9:2a Καὶ ἤνοιξεν τὸ φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου ¦ [PT] ¦ RPmg om.
Revelation 9:2b καιομένης ¦ CT TR μεγάλης
Revelation 9:2c ἐσκοτίσθη ¦ NA SBL TH WH ἐσκοτώθη
Revelation 9:4a ἀδικήσωσιν ¦ NA SBL WH ἀδικήσουσιν
Revelation 9:4b ἀνθρώπους ¦ PCK TR ἀνθρώπους μόνους
Revelation 9:4c αὐτῶν ¦ ECM† txt ¦ CT† om.
Revelation 9:5a αὐταῖς ¦ NA SBL TH αὐτοῖς
Revelation 9:5b βασανισθῶσιν ¦ CT βασανισθήσονται
Revelation 9:5c παίσῃ ¦ PCK πλήξη
Revelation 9:6a ζητήσουσιν ¦ PCK ζητοῦσιν
Revelation 9:6b οὐ μὴ ¦ TR οὐχ
Revelation 9:6c εὑρήσουσιν ¦ CT† txt ¦ ECM† εὕρωσιν
Revelation 9:6d φεύξεται ¦ CT φεύγει
Revelation 9:6e ἀπ αὐτῶν ὁ θάνατος ¦ CT TR ὁ θάνατος ἀπ αὐτῶν
Revelation 9:7 χρυσοῖ ¦ CT TR ὅμοιοι χρυσῷ ¦ PT ὅμοιοι χρυσίῳ
Revelation 9:8 εἶχον ¦ TH WH εἶχαν
Revelation 9:9 εἶχον ¦ WH εἶχαν
Revelation 9:10a Καὶ ¦ TR Ἦν ¦ RPmg om.
Revelation 9:10b ἐξουσίαν ἔχουσιν τοῦ ¦ PT ἐξουσίαν [ἐχούσι] τοῦ ¦ CT RPmg ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ¦ TR καὶ ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν
Revelation 9:11a Ἔχουσαι βασιλέα ἐπ αὐτῶν ¦ PT Ἐχούσι βασιλέα ἐπ αὐτῶν ¦ CT Ἔχουσιν ἐπ αὐτῶν βασιλέα ¦ SCR Καὶ ἔχουσιν ἐπ αὐτῶν βασιλέα ¦ ST Καὶ ἔχουσιν ἐφ αὐτῶν βασιλέα
Revelation 9:11b ἄγγελον ¦ CT TR τὸν ἄγγελον ¦ PT [τὸν] ἄγγελον
Revelation 9:11c Ἀββαδών ¦ PCK Ἀββαδδών ¦ CT PT TR Ἀβαδδών
Revelation 9:11d ἐν δὲ ¦ CT TR καὶ ἐν
Revelation 9:12 ἔρχεται ¦ PT TR ἔρχονται
Revelation 9:13 τεσσάρων ¦ [NA] ¦ SBL TH WH om.
Revelation 9:14a λέγουσαν ¦ NA SBL TH WH λέγοντα ¦ HF PT RPmg λέγοντος
Revelation 9:14b ὁ ἔχων ¦ TR ὃς εἶχε
Revelation 9:15 εἰς τὴν ¦ PT [εἰς] τὴν ¦ PCK RPmg τὴν ¦ CT TR om.
Revelation 9:16a τῶν ¦ TR om.
Revelation 9:16b ἵππου ¦ CT RPmg TR ἱππικοῦ
Revelation 9:16c μυριάδες ¦ TR δύο μυριάδες ¦ PT [δύο] μυριάδες ¦ CT δισμυριάδες
Revelation 9:16d ἤκουσα ¦ TR καὶ ἤκουσα
Revelation 9:17 Καὶ ¦ [PT]
Revelation 9:18a Ἀπὸ τῶν τριῶν πληγῶν ¦ TR Ὑπὸ τῶν τριῶν
Revelation 9:18b ἀπὸ ¦ CT PCK PT RPmg TR ἐκ
Revelation 9:18c τοῦ καπνοῦ καὶ ¦ TR ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ καὶ ἐκ
Revelation 9:19a Ἡ γὰρ ἐξουσία τῶν ἵππων … ἐστίν ¦ SCR ἡ γὰρ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν … ἔστι ¦ ST αἱ γὰρ ἐξουσίαι αὐτῶν … εἰσιν
Revelation 9:19b καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν ¦ ST om.
Revelation 9:19c ὄφεων ¦ CT PCK PT RPmg TR ὄφεσιν
Revelation 9:20a οὐ ¦ ECM† txt ¦ ECM† ST οὔτε ¦ NA SBL TH οὐδὲ
Revelation 9:20b προσκυνήσωσιν ¦ NA SBL TH WH προσκυνήσουσιν
Revelation 9:20c τὰ ¦ TR om.
Revelation 9:20d καὶ τὰ χαλκᾶ ¦ RPmg om.
Revelation 9:20e δύναται ¦ CT RPmg δύνανται
Revelation 9:21 φαρμακειῶν ¦ ECM† txt ¦ CT† HF RPmg φαρμάκων

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