| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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. | 1Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. |
| 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. | 2He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. |
| 3Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. | 3Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. |
| 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 hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men 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. | 5And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. |
| 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. | 6And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from 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 appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. |
| 8They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. | 8They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. |
| 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 breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. |
| 10They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails. | 10They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men 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 have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. |
| 12The first woe has passed, but two woes are still coming after these things! | 12The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things. |
| 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, | 13Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, |
| 14saying to the sixth angel, the one holding the trumpet, "Set free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!" | 14one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." |
| 15Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour, day, month, and year were set free to kill a third of humanity. | 15And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. |
| 16The number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; I heard their number. | 16The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. |
| 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. | 17And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone. |
| 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. | 18A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. |
| 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 the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm. |
| 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 mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; |
| 21Furthermore, they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells, of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing. | 21and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts. |
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