| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. | 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 abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with 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 out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the 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 damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead. | 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. |
| 5The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person. | 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. |
| 6In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to 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. |
| 7Now the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, and their faces looked like men's 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. |
| 8They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. | 8They had hair like women's hair and teeth like lions' teeth. |
| 9They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging 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 stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure 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 abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, 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, but two woes are still coming after these things! | 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 single voice coming from the horns on the golden altar that is 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, the one holding the trumpet, "Set free 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." |
| 15Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour, day, month, and year were set free to kill a third of humanity. | 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 soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; I heard their number. | 16The number of cavalry troops was 200,000,000. I heard how many there were. |
| 17Now this is what the horses and their riders looked like in my vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and sulfurous yellow in color. The heads of the horses looked like lions' heads, and fire, 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. |
| 18A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is, by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came 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 resides in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries. | 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 humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk about. | 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. |
| 21Furthermore, they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells, of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing. | 21They did not repent from their murders, their witchcraft, their sexual immorality, or their thefts. |
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