Revelation 9:1-12 New American Standard Bible
The Fifth Trumpet: Shaft of the Abyss
9 Then the (A)fifth angel sounded, and I saw a (B)star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the (C)key to the (D)shaft of the abyss was given to him. 2 He opened the shaft of the abyss, and (E)smoke ascended out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace; and (F)the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the shaft. 3 Then out of the smoke came (G)locusts [a]upon the earth, and power was given them, as the (H)scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were told not to (I)hurt the (J)grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the people who do not have the (K)seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And [b]they were not permitted to kill [c]anyone, but to torment for (L)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a (M)scorpion when it [d]stings a person. 6 And in those days (N)people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death [e]will flee from them!
7 The [f](O)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 human faces. 8 They had hair like the hair of women, and their (P)teeth were like the teeth of lions. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the (Q)sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. 10 They have tails like (R)scorpions, and stings; and in their (S)tails is their power to hurt people for (T)five months. 11 They have as king over them, the angel of the (U)abyss; his name in (V)Hebrew is [g](W)Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name [h]Apollyon.
12 (X)The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.
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- Revelation 9:3 Lit into
- Revelation 9:5 Lit it was given to them
- Revelation 9:5 Lit them
- Revelation 9:5 Lit strikes
- Revelation 9:6 Lit flees (intensive expression)
- Revelation 9:7 Lit likenesses
- Revelation 9:11 I.e., destruction
- Revelation 9:11 I.e., destroyer
Cross references
- Revelation 9:1 : Rev 8:2
- Revelation 9:1 : Rev 8:10
- Revelation 9:1 : Rev 1:18
- Revelation 9:1 : Luke 8:31; Rev 9:2, 11
- Revelation 9:2 : Gen 19:28; Ex 19:18
- Revelation 9:2 : Joel 2:2, 10
- Revelation 9:3 : Ex 10:12-15; Rev 9:7
- Revelation 9:3 : 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:5, 10
- Revelation 9:4 : Rev 6:6
- Revelation 9:4 : Rev 8:7
- Revelation 9:4 : Ezek 9:4; Rev 7:2, 3
- Revelation 9:5 : Rev 9:10
- Revelation 9:5 : 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:3, 10
- Revelation 9:6 : Job 3:21; 7:15; Jer 8:3; Rev 6:16
- Revelation 9:7 : Joel 2:4
- Revelation 9:8 : Joel 1:6
- Revelation 9:9 : Jer 47:3; Joel 2:5
- Revelation 9:10 : 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:3, 5
- Revelation 9:10 : Rev 9:19
- Revelation 9:10 : Rev 9:5
- Revelation 9:11 : Luke 8:31; Rev 9:1, 2
- Revelation 9:11 : John 5:2; Rev 16:16
- Revelation 9:11 : Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Ps 88:11 mg; Prov 15:11
- Revelation 9:12 : Rev 8:13; 11:14
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