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Revelation 9 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 The fifth angel blew his trumpet. I watched a star fall from heaven to earth. The star was given the key to the opening of the Abyss.
1 Καὶ ὁ πέμπτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισε· καὶ εἶδον ἀστέρα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πεπτωκότα εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἡ κλεὶς τοῦ φρέατος τῆς ἀβύσσου,
2 He opened the entrance to the Abyss, and smoke came up out of the Abyss like the smoke of a huge furnace. The sun and the atmosphere became dark because of the smoke from the Abyss.
2 [καὶ ἤνοιξε 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 Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that possessed by scorpions.
3 καὶ ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ ἐξῆλθον ἀκρίδες εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐταῖς ἐξουσία ὡς ἔχουσιν ἐξουσίαν οἱ σκορπίοι τῆς γῆς·
4 They were told not to harm the grass or any vegetation or any trees, only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
4 καὶ ἐρρέθη αὐταῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀδικήσωσι τὸν χόρτον τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ πᾶν χλωρὸν οὐδὲ πᾶν δένδρον, εἰ μὴ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους οἵτινες οὐκ ἔχουσι τὴν σφραγῖδα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν μετώπων αὐτῶν.
5 They were not allowed to kill, but they could torture these people for five months. The torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings someone.
5 καὶ ἐδόθη αὐταῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτούς, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα βασανισθῶσι μῆνας πέντε· καὶ ὁ βασανισμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς βασανισμὸς σκορπίου, ὅταν παίσῃ ἄνθρωπον.
6 During that time people will look for death, but won't find it; they will want to die, but death will run away from them!
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 The locusts looked like war-horses. They wore what seemed to be golden crowns on their heads, and their faces looked human.
7 καὶ τὰ ὁμοιώματα τῶν ἀκρίδων ὅμοια ἵπποις ἡτοιμασμένοις εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν ὡς στέφανοι ὅμοιοι χρυσίῳ, καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὡς πρόσωπα ἀνθρώπων,
8 They had long hair like women and had teeth like lions.
8 καὶ εἶχον τρίχας ὡς τρίχας γυναικῶν, καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτῶν ὡς λεόντων ἦσαν,
9 Their breastplates looked like they were made of iron, and the noise made by their wings sounded like many horses and chariots racing into battle.
9 καὶ εἶχον θώρακας ὡς θώρακας σιδηροῦς, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν πτερύγων αὐτῶν ὡς φωνὴ ἁρμάτων ἵππων πολλῶν τρεχόντων εἰς πόλεμον.
10 They had tails like scorpions, complete with stingers. They had the power to hurt people for five months with their tails.
10 καὶ ἔχουσιν οὐρὰς ὁμοίας σκορπίοις καὶ κέντρα, καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν ἐξουσίαν [ἔχουσι] τοῦ ἀδικῆσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μῆνας πέντε.
11 Ruling over them as their king was the angel of the Abyss who is called Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek.
11 ἔχουσι βασιλέα ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν [τὸν] ἄγγελον τῆς ἀβύσσου· ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἑβραϊστὶ Ἀβαδδών, ἐν δὲ τῇ Ἑλληνικῇ ὄνομα ἔχει Ἀπολλύων.
12 The first Disaster is over, but there are still two more to come.
12 Ἡ οὐαὶ ἡ μία ἀπῆλθεν· ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἔτι δύο οὐαὶ μετὰ ταῦτα.
13 The sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice come from the horns of the golden altar that stands in front of God
13 Καὶ ὁ ἕκτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισε· καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν μίαν ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ χρυσοῦ τοῦ ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ,
14 speaking to the sixth angel that had the trumpet: “Release the four angels that are tied up beside the great River Euphrates.”
14 λέγοντος τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ· ὁ ἔχων τὴν σάλπιγγα, λῦσον τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους τοὺς δεδεμένους ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ Εὐφράτῃ.
15 The four angels who had been kept ready for this particular hour, day, month and year were released to kill one third of humanity.
15 καὶ ἐλύθησαν οἱ τέσσαρες ἄγγελοι οἱ ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς τὴν ὥραν καὶ [εἰς] τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ μῆνα καὶ ἐνιαυτόν, ἵνα ἀποκτείνωσι τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
16 I was told the number of the army of soldiers on horseback: it was 200 million.
16 καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν στρατευμάτων τοῦ ἵππου [δύο] μυριάδες μυριάδων· ἤκουσα τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν.
17 In my vision I saw the horses and their riders who wore breastplates as red as fire, and dark blue and yellow. The heads of the horses looked like lions, and fire and smoke and sulfur streamed out of their mouths.
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 One third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and smoke and sulfur streaming out of their mouths.
18 ἀπὸ τῶν τριῶν πληγῶν τούτων ἀπεκτάνθησαν τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τοῦ καπνοῦ καὶ τοῦ θείου τοῦ ἐκπορευομένου ἐκ τῶν στομάτων αὐτῶν.
19 The horses' power was in their tails as well as their mouths, for their tails were like serpents' heads that they used to hurt people.
19 ἡ γὰρ ἐξουσία τῶν ἵππων ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν ἐστι καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν· αἱ γὰρ οὐραὶ αὐτῶν ὅμοιαι ὄφεσιν, ἔχουσαι κεφαλάς, καὶ ἐν αὐταῖς ἀδικοῦσι.
20 But the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of what they were doing. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, and stone—which can't see or hear or walk!
20 καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἳ οὐκ ἀπεκτάνθησαν ἐν ταῖς πληγαῖς ταύταις, οὐ μετενόησαν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, ἵνα μὴ προσκυνήσωσι 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 They did not repent of their murders, their witchcraft, their sexual sins, or their thefts.
21 καὶ οὐ μετενόησαν ἐκ τῶν φόνων αὐτῶν οὔτε ἐκ τῶν φαρμακειῶν αὐτῶν οὔτε ἐκ τῆς πορνείας αὐτῶν οὔτε ἐκ τῶν κλεμμάτων αὐτῶν.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 8:10; Romans 10:7; Revelation 9:2; 2 Timothy 3:1–5; Revelation 1:18
- 2 Joel 2:10; Genesis 19:28; Joel 2:2; Isaiah 14:31; Joel 2:30
- 3 Revelation 9:5; Joel 1:4; Deuteronomy 8:15; Joel 2:25; 1 Kings 12:11
- 4 Ezekiel 9:4; Revelation 7:2–4; Revelation 14:1; Exodus 12:23; Revelation 8:7
- 5 Revelation 9:10; Job 2:6; Revelation 9:3; Daniel 5:18–22; Revelation 13:5
- 6 Luke 23:30; Jeremiah 8:3; Revelation 6:16; Isaiah 2:19; Hosea 10:8
- 7 Daniel 7:8; Nahum 3:17; Daniel 7:4; Joel 2:4–5
- 8 Joel 1:6; 1 Peter 3:3; 1 Corinthians 11:14–15; 2 Kings 9:30; 1 Timothy 2:9
- 9 Joel 2:5–8; Revelation 9:17; Job 39:25; Nahum 2:4–5; Job 40:18
- 10 Revelation 9:5; Revelation 9:3; Revelation 9:19
- 11 Job 26:6; Revelation 9:1–2; John 16:11; John 8:44; John 14:30
- 12 Revelation 11:14; Revelation 8:13–9:2; Revelation 9:13–21
- 13 Revelation 8:3–5; Exodus 30:2–3; Revelation 9:1; Hebrews 9:24; Hebrews 10:21
- 14 Revelation 16:12; Genesis 2:14; Revelation 9:15; 2 Samuel 8:3; Jeremiah 51:63
- 15 Revelation 9:18; Revelation 8:7; Revelation 8:9; Revelation 8:11–12; Revelation 9:10
- 16 Revelation 7:4; Psalm 68:17; Daniel 7:10; Ezekiel 38:4; Revelation 5:11
- 17 Revelation 9:18; Revelation 14:10; 1 Chronicles 12:8; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 19:20
- 18 Revelation 9:17; Revelation 9:15
- 19 Isaiah 9:15; Revelation 9:10; Ephesians 4:14
- 20 Daniel 5:23; Deuteronomy 31:29; 1 Timothy 4:1; Romans 1:21–23; Revelation 9:21
- 21 Revelation 21:8; Revelation 17:5; Revelation 22:15; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Revelation 17:2
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