The Sixth Trumpet
Revelation 9:15
In 9 translations
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- And the four angels were loosed, that had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.
- LSV
- 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;
- YLT
- and loosed were the four messengers, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of men;
- DBY
- And the four angels were loosed, who are prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they might slay the third part of men;
- DRC
- And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year: for to kill the third part of men.
- GNV
- And the foure Angels were loosed, which were prepared at an houre, at a day, at a moneth, and at a yeere, to slay the thirde part of men.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Byzantine text include εἰς τὴν (“for the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: καὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ; Robinson–Pierpont add εἰς τὴν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐλύθησαν οἱ τέσσαρες ἄγγελοι οἱ ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς τὴν ὥραν καὶ ἡμέραν καὶ μῆνα καὶ ἐνιαυτόν, ἵνα ἀποκτείνωσιν τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἐλύθησαν οἱ τέσσαρες ἄγγελοι οἱ ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς τὴν ὥραν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ μῆνα καὶ ἐνιαυτόν, ἵνα ἀποκτείνωσιν τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἐλύθησαν οἱ τέσσαρες ἄγγελοι οἱ ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς τὴν ὥραν καὶ ἡμέραν καὶ μῆνα καὶ ἐνιαυτόν, ἵνα ἀποκτείνωσι τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
- SCR1894
- και ελυθησαν οι τεσσαρες αγγελοι οι ητοιμασμενοι εις την ωραν και ημεραν και μηνα και ενιαυτον ινα αποκτεινωσιν το τριτον των ανθρωπων
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 9:18A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
- Revelation 8:7Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
- Revelation 8:9a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- Revelation 8:11–12The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters. Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars…
- Revelation 9:10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
- Revelation 9:5The 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.
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