| Berean Study Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then 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. | 1Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. |
| 2The 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. | 2He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. |
| 3And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. | 3Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. |
| 4They 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. | 4They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. |
| 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. | 5And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. |
| 6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them. | 6And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them. |
| 7And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men. | 7The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. |
| 8They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions. | 8They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. |
| 9They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. | 9They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. |
| 10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months. | 10They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months. |
| 11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon. | 11They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. |
| 12The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow. | 12The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things. |
| 13Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God | 13Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, |
| 14saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” | 14one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." |
| 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. | 15And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. |
| 16And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number. | 16The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. |
| 17Now 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. | 17And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone. |
| 18A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths. | 18A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. |
| 19For 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. | 19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm. |
| 20Now 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. | 20The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; |
| 21Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft. | 21and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts. |
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