| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1When He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. | 1When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. |
| 2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. | 2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. |
| 3Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. | 3Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. |
| 4And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. | 4And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand. |
| 5Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake. | 5Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. |
| 6So the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. | 6And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them. |
| 7The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. | 7The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. |
| 8Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. | 8The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood, |
| 9And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. | 9and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed. |
| 10Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. | 10The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters. |
| 11The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter. | 11The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter. |
| 12Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night. | 12The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way. |
| 13And I looked, and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!” | 13Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!" |
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