And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

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The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth.(A) The star was given the key(B) to the shaft of the Abyss.(C)

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10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

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10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky(A) on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water(B)

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And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

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When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.(A) The sun and sky were darkened(B) by the smoke from the Abyss.(C)

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This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

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But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.(A) People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,(B) boastful, proud,(C) abusive,(D) disobedient to their parents,(E) ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous,(F) rash, conceited,(G) lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness(H) but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.(I)

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Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)

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“or ‘Who will descend into the deep?’”[a](A) (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:7 Deut. 30:13

18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

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18 I am the Living One; I was dead,(A) and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!(B) And I hold the keys of death and Hades.(C)

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31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

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31 And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.(A)

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20 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

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The Thousand Years

20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,(A) having the key(B) to the Abyss(C) and holding in his hand a great chain.

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The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

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The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss(A) and go to its destruction.(B) The inhabitants of the earth(C) whose names have not been written in the book of life(D) from the creation of the world will be astonished(E) when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.

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11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

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11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,(A) whose name in Hebrew(B) is Abaddon(C) and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.(D)

13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns(E) of the golden altar that is before God.(F)

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14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

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14 The second woe has passed; the third woe is coming soon.(A)

The Seventh Trumpet

15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet,(B) and there were loud voices(C) in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become
    the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,(D)
    and he will reign for ever and ever.”(E)

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12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

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12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third(A) of them turned dark.(B) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.(C)

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And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

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The Trumpets

Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets(A) prepared to sound them.

The first angel(B) sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire(C) mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third(D) of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.(E)

The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain,(F) all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third(G) of the sea turned into blood,(H)

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