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The Sixth Trumpet

Revelation 9:14

In 9 translations

BSB
saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
KJV
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
WEB
saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”
ASV
one saying to the sixth angel that had the trumpet, Loose the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates.
LSV
saying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, “Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates”;
YLT
saying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, 'Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates;'
DBY
saying to the sixth angel that had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound at the great river Euphrates.
DRC
Saying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet: Loose the four angels, who are bound in the great river Euphrates.
GNV
Saying to the sixt Angel, which had the trumpet, Loose the foure Angels, which are bound in the great riuer Euphrates.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read λέγοντα (“saying”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read λέγουσαν (“saying”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ὁ (“the [one]”); Textus Receptus read ὅς (“who”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἔχων (“having”); Textus Receptus read εἴχε (“had”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: λέγοντα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read λέγοντα; Robinson–Pierpont read λέγουσαν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
λέγοντα τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ, ὁ ἔχων τὴν σάλπιγγα· Λῦσον τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους τοὺς δεδεμένους ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ Εὐφράτῃ.
RP2018
λέγουσαν τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ ὁ ἔχων τὴν σάλπιγγα, Λῦσον τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους τοὺς δεδεμένους ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ Εὐφράτῃ.
TR-Boyd
λέγουσαν τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ ὃς εἶχε τὴν σάλπιγγα, Λῦσον τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους τοὺς δεδεμένους ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ Εὐφράτῃ.
SCR1894
λεγουσαν τω εκτω αγγελω ος ειχε την σαλπιγγα λυσον τους τεσσαρας αγγελους τους δεδεμενους επι τω ποταμω τω μεγαλω ευφρατη

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 16:12And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
  • Revelation 9:15So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
  • 2 Samuel 8:3David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
  • Genesis 2:14The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
  • Jeremiah 51:63When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
  • Revelation 7:1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.
  • Revelation 8:6And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
  • Revelation 8:2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.

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