| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. | 1The fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth. The key to the shaft of the abyss was given to him. |
| 2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. | 2He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft. |
| 3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. | 3Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth. |
| 4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. | 4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only people who do not have God's seal on their foreheads. |
| 5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. | 5They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man. |
| 6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. | 6In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them. |
| 7And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. | 7The appearance of the locusts was like horses equipped for battle. Something like gold crowns was on their heads; their faces were like men's faces; |
| 8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. | 8they had hair like women's hair; their teeth were like lions' teeth; |
| 9And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. | 9they had chests like iron breastplates; the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle; |
| 10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. | 10and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months. |
| 11And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. | 11They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon. |
| 12One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. | 12The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this. |
| 13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, | 13The sixth angel blew his trumpet. From the four horns of the gold altar that is before God, I heard a voice |
| 14Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. | 14say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels bound at the great river Euphrates." |
| 15And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. | 15So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race. |
| 16And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. | 16The number of mounted troops was 200 million; I heard their number. |
| 17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. | 17This is how I saw the horses in my vision: The horsemen had breastplates that were fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur. |
| 18By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. | 18A third of the human race was killed by these three plagues--by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came from their mouths. |
| 19For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. | 19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails, which resemble snakes, have heads, and they inflict injury with them. |
| 20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: | 20The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk. |
| 21Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. | 21And they did not repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts. |
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