| International Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 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. | 1Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. |
| 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. | 2When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke. |
| 3Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that of earthly scorpions. | 3Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions. |
| 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. | 4They were told not to harm the grass or plants or trees, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. |
| 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. | 5They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting. |
| 6In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them. | 6In those days people will seek death but will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them! |
| 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. | 7The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. They had what looked like gold crowns on their heads, and their faces looked like human faces. |
| 8They had hair like women's hair and teeth like lions' teeth. | 8They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like the teeth of a lion. |
| 9They had breastplates like iron, and the noise of their wings was like the roar of chariots with many horses rushing into battle. | 9They wore armor made of iron, and their wings roared like an army of chariots rushing into battle. |
| 10They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months. | 10They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people. |
| 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. | 11Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon —the Destroyer. |
| 12The first catastrophe is over. After these things, there are still two more catastrophes to come. | 12The first terror is past, but look, two more terrors are coming! The Sixth Trumpet Brings the Second Terror |
| 13When the sixth angel blew his trumpet, I heard a voice from the four horns of the gold altar in front of God. | 13Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice speaking from the four horns of the gold altar that stands in the presence of God. |
| 14It told the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are held at the great Euphrates River." | 14And the voice said to the sixth angel who held the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.” |
| 15So the four angels who were ready for that hour, day, month, and year were released to kill one-third of humanity. | 15Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth. |
| 16The number of cavalry troops was 200,000,000. I heard how many there were. | 16I heard the size of their army, which was 200 million mounted troops. |
| 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. | 17And in my vision, I saw the horses and the riders sitting on them. The riders wore armor that was fiery red and dark blue and yellow. The horses had heads like lions, and fire and smoke and burning sulfur billowed from 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. | 18One-third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues—by the fire and smoke and burning sulfur that came from the mouths of the horses. |
| 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. | 19Their power was in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails had heads like snakes, with the power to injure people. |
| 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. | 20But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk! |
| 21They did not repent from their murders, their witchcraft, their sexual immorality, or their thefts. | 21And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their sexual immorality or their thefts. |
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