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| 1And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. | 1When the fifth angel blew his trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. |
| 2He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. | 2It opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke came out of the shaft like the smoke from a large furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. |
| 3Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. | 3Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that of earthly scorpions. |
| 4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. | 4They were told not to harm the grass on the earth, any green plant, or any tree. They could harm only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. |
| 5They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. | 5They were not allowed to kill them, but were only allowed to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone. |
| 6And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them. | 6In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them. |
| 7In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, | 7The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were victor's crowns that looked like gold, and their faces were like human faces. |
| 8their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; | 8They had hair like women's hair and teeth like lions' teeth. |
| 9they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. | 9They had breastplates like iron, and the noise of their wings was like the roar of chariots with many horses rushing into battle. |
| 10They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails. | 10They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months. |
| 11They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. | 11They had the angel of the bottomless pit ruling over them as king. In Hebrew he is called Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. |
| 12The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come. | 12The first catastrophe is over. After these things, there are still two more catastrophes to come. |
| 13Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, | 13When the sixth angel blew his trumpet, I heard a voice from the four horns of the gold altar in front of God. |
| 14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” | 14It told the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are held at the great Euphrates River." |
| 15So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. | 15So the four angels who were ready for that hour, day, month, and year were released to kill one-third of humanity. |
| 16The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. | 16The number of cavalry troops was 200,000,000. I heard how many there were. |
| 17And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. | 17This was how I saw the horses in my vision: The riders wore breastplates that had the color of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur came out of their mouths. |
| 18By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. | 18By these three plagues—the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths—one-third of humanity was killed. |
| 19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound. | 19For the power of these horses is in their mouths and their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes, which they use to inflict pain. |
| 20The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, | 20The rest of the people who survived these plagues did not repent from their evil actions or stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk. |
| 21nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts. | 21They did not repent from their murders, their witchcraft, their sexual immorality, or their thefts. |
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