The Fifth Trumpet 1 UEB 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. BSB BSB: Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
2 UEB 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. BSB BSB: The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
3 UEB Out of the smoke locusts came on the earth, and they were given power like that of scorpions on the earth. BSB BSB: And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
4 UEB 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. BSB BSB: They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 UEB 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. BSB BSB: The 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.
6 UEB In those days people will seek death, but will not find it. They will greatly desire to die, but death will flee from them. BSB BSB: In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.
7 UEB The locusts looked like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces. BSB BSB: And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads; and their faces were like the faces of men.
8 UEB They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. BSB BSB: They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.
9 UEB 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. BSB BSB: They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
10 UEB They had tails with stingers like scorpions; in their tails they had power to harm people for five months. BSB BSB: They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
11 UEB 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. BSB BSB: They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
12 UEB The first woe is past. Look! After this there are still two disasters to come. BSB BSB: The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.
The Sixth Trumpet 13 UEB The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is present before God. BSB BSB: Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
14 UEB The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River." BSB BSB: saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
15 UEB 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. BSB 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.
16 UEB The number of the soldiers on horseback was 200,000,000. I heard their number. BSB BSB: And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.
17 UEB 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. BSB BSB: Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
18 UEB A third of the people were killed by these three plagues: the fire, smoke, and sulfur that came out of their mouths. BSB BSB: A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
19 UEB 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. BSB BSB: For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.
20 UEB 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. BSB BSB: Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
21 UEB Neither did they repent of their murders, their sorcery, their sexual immorality or their acts of theft. BSB BSB: Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
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