Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” New Living Translation And the voice said to the sixth angel who held the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.” English Standard Version saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” Berean Standard Bible saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” Berean Literal Bible saying to the sixth angel, the one having the trumpet, "Release the four angels, those having been bound at the great river Euphrates." King James Bible Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. New King James Version saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” New American Standard Bible saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” NASB 1995 one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” NASB 1977 one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” Legacy Standard Bible one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who have been bound at the great river Euphrates.” Amplified Bible saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” Christian Standard Bible say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels bound at the great river Euphrates.” Holman Christian Standard Bible say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels bound at the great river Euphrates.” American Standard Version one saying to the sixth angel that had the trumpet, Loose the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates. Contemporary English Version The voice spoke to this angel and said, "Release the four angels who are tied up beside the great Euphrates River." English Revised Version one saying to the sixth angel, which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound at the great river Euphrates. GOD'S WORD® Translation The voice said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are held at the great Euphrates River." Good News Translation The voice said to the sixth angel, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River!" International Standard Version It told the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are held at the great Euphrates River." Majority Standard Bible saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, ?Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.? NET Bible saying to the sixth angel, the one holding the trumpet, "Set free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!" New Heart English Bible saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." Webster's Bible Translation Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Loose the four angels who are bound in the great river Euphrates. Weymouth New Testament It said to the sixth angel--the angel who had the trumpet, "Set at liberty the four angels who are prisoners near the great river Euphrates." World English Bible saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!” Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionsaying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, “Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates”; Berean Literal Bible saying to the sixth angel, the one having the trumpet, "Release the four angels, those having been bound at the great river Euphrates." Young's Literal Translation saying to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, 'Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates;' Smith's Literal Translation Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Loose the four angels bound in the great river Euphrates. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSaying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet: Loose the four angels, who are bound in the great river Euphrates. Catholic Public Domain Version saying to the sixth Angel who had the trumpet: “Release the four Angels who were bound at the great river Euphrates.” New American Bible telling the sixth angel who held the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the banks of the great river Euphrates.” New Revised Standard Version saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSaying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound by the great river Euphrates. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Which said to the sixth Angel that had a trumpet: “Loose the four Angels imprisoned at the great river Euphrates.” NT Translations Anderson New Testamentsaying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet: Loose the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates. Godbey New Testament saying to the sixth angel the one having the trumpet, Loose the four angels which have been bound at the great river Euphrates. Haweis New Testament saying to the sixth angel who held the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound at the great river Euphrates. Mace New Testament saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates." Weymouth New Testament It said to the sixth angel--the angel who had the trumpet, "Set at liberty the four angels who are prisoners near the great river Euphrates." Worrell New Testament saying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet; "Loose the four angels that are bound in the great river Euphrates." Worsley New Testament saying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet, Let loose the four angels, that are bound by the great river Euphrates. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Sixth Trumpet13Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God 14saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 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.… Cross References Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East. Daniel 7:2-3 Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea. / Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others: Isaiah 11:15 The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals. Jeremiah 46:4-10 Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor! / Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD. / “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall. ... Ezekiel 38:15-16 And you will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding horses—a mighty horde, a huge army. / You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes. Zechariah 6:1-8 And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. / The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses, / the third white horses, and the fourth dappled horses—all of them strong. ... Matthew 24:31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival. / The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, / and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. ... Isaiah 8:7-8 the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. / It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel! Jeremiah 50:38-42 A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols. / So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. / As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there. ... Ezekiel 29:3-5 Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’ / But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales. / I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air. Daniel 11:40-45 At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood. / He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites. / He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape. ... Isaiah 13:4-5 Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war. / They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country. Joel 2:1-11 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near— / a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come. / Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them. ... 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. Treasury of Scripture Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. to the. Revelation 8:2,6 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets… loose. Revelation 9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. the great. Genesis 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 2 Samuel 8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. Jeremiah 51:63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: Jump to Previous Angel Angels Bound Chained Euphrates Euphra'tes Four Free Great Horn Loose Messenger Messengers Prisoners Release River Sixth TrumpetJump to Next Angel Angels Bound Chained Euphrates Euphra'tes Four Free Great Horn Loose Messenger Messengers Prisoners Release River Sixth TrumpetRevelation 9 1. At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falls from heaven, to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit.2. He opens the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions. 12. The first woe past. 13. The sixth trumpet sounds. 14. Four angels who were bound are let loose. saying to the sixth angel The phrase "saying to the sixth angel" introduces a divine command directed at one of the seven angels who sound the trumpets in the Book of Revelation. The number six in biblical numerology often symbolizes imperfection or incompleteness, falling short of the divine perfection represented by the number seven. The sixth angel, therefore, is part of a sequence leading to the culmination of God's plan. The angel's role is pivotal, as it heralds a significant event in the unfolding of the end times. The Greek word for angel, "ἄγγελος" (angelos), means "messenger," indicating that this angel is a divine emissary carrying out God's will. with the trumpet Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates (1) The trumpet visions seem constructed upon a systematic plan, and therefore it seems likely that this judgment, like the fifth and the seventh, is a spiritual one (vide supra). (2) The objects of this punishment are those who commit the sins described in vers. 20, 21. (3) The vision must have borne some meaning for these to whom it was first delivered. It seems unlikely, therefore, that events are here portrayed which could not possibly have been foreseen and understood by the early Christians. This seems to exclude (except possibly in a secondary sense) all reference to the papacy, etc. (as Wordsworth). . . . Greek sayingλέγοντα (legonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. to the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sixth ἕκτῳ (hektō) Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 1623: Sixth. Ordinal from hex; sixth. angel ἀγγέλῳ (angelō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. with ἔχων (echōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. trumpet, σάλπιγγα (salpinga) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 4536: A trumpet, the sound of a trumpet. Perhaps from salos; a trumpet. “Release Λῦσον (Lyson) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 3089: A primary verb; to 'loosen'. the τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. four τέσσαρας (tessaras) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 5064: Four. Or neuter tessara a plural number; four. angels ἀγγέλους (angelous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor. who τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. are bound δεδεμένους (dedemenous) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 1210: To bind, tie, fasten; I impel, compel; I declare to be prohibited and unlawful. A primary verb; to bind. at ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. great μεγάλῳ (megalō) Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. river ποταμῷ (potamō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 4215: A river, torrent, stream. Probably from a derivative of the alternate of pino; a current, brook or freshet, i.e. Running water. Euphrates.” Εὐφράτῃ (Euphratē) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2166: The Euphrates, boundary river of the province Syria. Of foreign origin; Euphrates, a river of Asia. Links Revelation 9:14 NIVRevelation 9:14 NLT Revelation 9:14 ESV Revelation 9:14 NASB Revelation 9:14 KJV Revelation 9:14 BibleApps.com Revelation 9:14 Biblia Paralela Revelation 9:14 Chinese Bible Revelation 9:14 French Bible Revelation 9:14 Catholic Bible NT Prophecy: Revelation 9:14 Saying to the sixth angel who had (Rev. Re Apocalypse) |
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