| New King James Version | English 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. | 1And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he 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. | 2He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and 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. | 3Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. |
| 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 of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those 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 allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment 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. | 6And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from 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. | 7In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, |
| 8They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. | 8their hair like women’s hair, and their 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 breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with 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 have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails. |
| 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 have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. |
| 12One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things. | 12The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come. |
| 13Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, | 13Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, |
| 14saying 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 who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” |
| 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 had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. |
| 16Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. | 16The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. |
| 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. | 17And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and 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 a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. |
| 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 the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound. |
| 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 mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, |
| 21And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts. | 21nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts. |
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