Revelation 9
English Standard Version
9 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and (A)I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given (B)the key to the shaft of (C)the bottomless pit.[a] 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft (D)rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and (E)the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came (F)locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told (G)not to harm (H)the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have (I)the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torment them (J)for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 And in those days (K)people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
7 (L)In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: (M)on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were (N)like human faces, 8 their hair like women's hair, and (O)their teeth like lions' teeth; 9 they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was (P)like the noise of many chariots with (Q)horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people (R)for five months is in their tails. 11 They have (S)as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is (T)Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.[b]
12 (U)The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from (V)the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release (W)the four angels who are bound at (X)the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released (Y)to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of (Z)mounted troops was (AA)twice ten thousand times ten thousand; (AB)I heard their number. 17 And 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[c] and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were (AC)like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. 19 For 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.
20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, (AD)did not repent of (AE)the works of their hands nor give up worshiping (AF)demons (AG)and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their (AH)sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Footnotes
- Revelation 9:1 Greek the abyss; also verses 2, 11
- Revelation 9:11 Abaddon means destruction; Apollyon means destroyer
- Revelation 9:17 Greek hyacinth
Revelation 9
New International Version
9 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) 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.(D) The sun and sky were darkened(E) by the smoke from the Abyss.(F) 3 And out of the smoke locusts(G) came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions(H) of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm(I) the grass of the earth or any plant or tree,(J) but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.(K) 5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months.(L) And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion(M) when it strikes. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(N)
7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.(O) On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.(P) 8 Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.(Q) 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.(R) 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.(S) 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,(T) whose name in Hebrew(U) is Abaddon(V) and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.(W)
13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns(X) of the golden altar that is before God.(Y) 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels(Z) who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”(AA) 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released(AB) to kill a third(AC) of mankind.(AD) 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.(AE)
17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths(AF) came fire, smoke and sulfur.(AG) 18 A third(AH) of mankind was killed(AI) by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur(AJ) that came out of their mouths. 19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.
20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent(AK) of the work of their hands;(AL) they did not stop worshiping demons,(AM) and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.(AN) 21 Nor did they repent(AO) of their murders, their magic arts,(AP) their sexual immorality(AQ) or their thefts.
Apocalypse 9
Segond 21
9 Le cinquième ange sonna de la trompette et je vis une étoile qui était tombée du ciel sur la terre. La clé du puits de l'abîme lui fut donnée. 2 Elle ouvrit le puits de l'abîme et une fumée pareille à celle d'une grande fournaise monta du puits; le soleil et l'air furent obscurcis par la fumée du puits. 3 Des sauterelles sortirent de la fumée et couvrirent la terre, et un pouvoir semblable à celui des scorpions de la terre leur fut donné. 4 Elles reçurent l’ordre de ne pas faire de mal à l'herbe de la terre, ni à aucune verdure, ni à aucun arbre, mais seulement aux hommes qui n'avaient pas l’empreinte de Dieu sur le front. 5 Il leur fut permis, non de les tuer, mais de les tourmenter pendant cinq mois. Le tourment qu'elles causaient était comme celui causé par le scorpion quand il pique un homme.
6 Durant ces jours-là, les hommes rechercheront la mort et ne la trouveront pas. Ils désireront mourir, mais la mort fuira loin d'eux. 7 Ces sauterelles ressemblaient à des chevaux préparés pour le combat. Elles avaient sur la tête comme une couronne d'or, et leur visage était pareil à celui d'un homme. 8 Elles avaient des cheveux semblables à des cheveux de femme et leurs dents étaient comme celles des lions. 9 Leur poitrine était comme une cuirasse de fer et le bruit de leurs ailes ressemblait à celui de chars tirés par plusieurs chevaux qui courent au combat. 10 Elles avaient des queues armées de dards comme les scorpions, et c'est dans leur queue que se trouvait leur pouvoir de faire du mal aux hommes durant cinq mois. 11 A leur tête, elles avaient comme roi l'ange de l'abîme, appelé en hébreu Abaddon et en grec Apollyon.
12 Le premier malheur est passé. Voici que deux malheurs viennent encore après cela.
13 Le sixième ange sonna de la trompette, et j'entendis une voix venant des quatre cornes de l'autel d'or qui est devant Dieu. 14 Elle disait au sixième ange qui tenait la trompette: «Relâche les quatre anges qui sont enchaînés près du grand fleuve, l'Euphrate.» 15 Ainsi les quatre anges qui étaient prêts pour l'heure, le jour, le mois et l'année furent relâchés afin de faire mourir le tiers des hommes. 16 Le nombre des troupes de la cavalerie était de 200 millions; j'en entendis le nombre. 17 Voici comment, dans la vision, je vis les chevaux et ceux qui les montaient: ils avaient des cuirasses couleur de feu, d'hyacinthe et de soufre. Les têtes des chevaux étaient comme des têtes de lions, et de leur bouche sortaient du feu, de la fumée et du soufre. 18 Le tiers des hommes fut tué par ces trois fléaux: le feu, la fumée et le soufre, qui sortaient de leur bouche. 19 En effet, le pouvoir des chevaux se trouvait dans leur bouche et dans leur queue. Leurs queues ressemblaient à des serpents; elles avaient des têtes, et c'est par elles qu'ils faisaient du mal. 20 Les autres hommes, ceux qui n'avaient pas été tués par ces fléaux, ne se détournèrent pas de ce que leurs mains avaient fait: ils ne cessèrent pas d’adorer les démons et les idoles en or, en argent, en bronze, en pierre et en bois qui ne peuvent ni voir, ni entendre, ni marcher, 21 et ils ne se repentirent pas de leurs meurtres, ni de leur sorcellerie, ni de leur immoralité sexuelle, ni de leurs vols.
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