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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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  • 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.
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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

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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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