| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to 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. |
| 2And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the 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. |
| 3Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. | 3Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that of earthly scorpions. |
| 4They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men 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. |
| 5And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. | 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 men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and 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. |
| 7The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. | 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. |
| 9And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running 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 had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. | 10They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months. |
| 11And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name 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. |
| 12One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things. | 12The first catastrophe is over. After these things, there are still two more catastrophes to come. |
| 13Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which 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 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 and day and month and 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. |
| 16Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. | 16The number of cavalry troops was 200,000,000. I heard how many there were. |
| 17And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone. | 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 the smoke and the brimstone which 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 their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm. | 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. |
| 20But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor 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. |
| 21And they did not 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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