| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. | 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. |
| 2When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. | 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. |
| 3And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. | 3And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. |
| 4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. | 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. |
| 5They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. | 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. |
| 6During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. | 6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them. |
| 7The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. | 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. |
| 8Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. | 8They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions. |
| 9They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. | 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. |
| 10They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. | 10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months. |
| 11They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer). | 11They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon. |
| 12The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come. | 12The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow. |
| 13The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. | 13Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God |
| 14It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." | 14saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” |
| 15And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. | 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. |
| 16The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number. | 16And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number. |
| 17The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur. | 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. |
| 18A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. | 18A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths. |
| 19The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury. | 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. |
| 20The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood--idols that cannot see or hear or walk. | 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. |
| 21Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts. | 21Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft. |
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