CHAPTER 9
:1 And the fifth <G 3991> angel <G 0032> sounded <G 4537>, and
I saw <G 1492> a
star <G 0792> fall <G 4098> from heaven <G 3772> unto the earth
<G 1093>: and to
him was given <G 1325> the key <G 2807> of the bottomless <G
0012> pit <G 5421>.
:2 And he opened <G 0455> the bottomless <G 0012> pit <G 5421>;
and there arose
<G 0305> a smoke <G 2586> out of the pit <G 5421>, as the smoke
<G 2586> of a
great <G 3173> furnace <G 2575>; and the sun <G 2246> and the
air <G 0109> were
darkened <G 4654> by reason <G 1537> of the smoke <G 2586> of
the pit <G 5421>.
:3 And there came <G 1831> out of the smoke <G 2586> locusts <G
0200> upon the
earth <G 1093>: and unto them was given <G 1325> power <G 1849>,
as the
scorpions <G 4651> of the earth <G 1093> have <G 2192> power <G
1849>.
:4 And it was commanded <G 4483> them that they should not hurt
<G 0091> the
grass <G 5528> of the earth <G 1093>, neither any <G 3956> green
<G 5515> thing,
neither any <G 3956> tree <G 1186>; but only <G 3441> those <G
3588> men <G
0444> which <G 3748> have <G 2192> not the seal <G 4973> of God
<G 2316> in
their foreheads <G 3359>.
:5 And to them it was given <G 1325> that they should not kill
<G 0615> them,
but that they should be tormented <G 0928> five <G 4002> months
<G 3376>: and
their torment <G 0929> [was] as the torment <G 0929> of a
scorpion <G 4651>,
when <G 3752> he striketh <G 3817> a man <G 0444>.
:6 And in those <G 1565> days <G 2250> shall men <G 0444> seek
<G 2212> death
<G 2288>, and shall not find <G 2147> it; and shall desire <G
1937> to die <G
0599>, and death <G 2288> shall flee <G 5343> from them.
:7 And the shapes <G 3667> of the locusts <G 0200> [were] like
<G 3664> unto
horses <G 2462> prepared <G 2090> unto battle <G 4171>; and on
<G 1909> their
heads <G 2776> [were] as it were crowns <G 4735> like <G 3664>
gold <G 5557>,
and their faces <G 4383> [were] as the faces <G 4383> of men <G
0444>.
:8 And they had <G 2192> hair <G 2359> as the hair <G 2359> of
women <G 1135>,
and their teeth <G 3599> were as [the teeth] of lions <G 3023>.
:9 And they had <G 2192> breastplates <G 2382>, as it were
breastplates <G
2382> of iron <G 4603>; and the sound <G 5456> of their wings <G
4420> [was] as
the sound <G 5456> of chariots <G 0716> of many <G 4183> horses
<G 2462> running
<G 5143> to battle <G 4171>.
:10 And they had <G 2192> tails <G 3769> like <G 3664> unto
scorpions <G 4651>,
and there were stings <G 2759> in their tails <G 3769>: and
their power <G 1849>
[was] to hurt <G 0091> men <G 0444> five <G 4002> months <G
3376>.
:11 And they had <G 2192> a king <G 0935> over <G 1909> them,
[which is] the
angel <G 0032> of the bottomless <G 0012> pit, whose <G 0846>
name <G 3686> in
the Hebrew <G 1447> tongue <G 1447> [is] Abaddon <G 0003>, but
in the Greek <G
1673> tongue hath <G 2192> [his] name <G 3686> Apollyon <G 0623>.
:12 One <G 3391> woe <G 3759> is past <G 0565>; [and], behold
<G 2400>, there
come <G 2064> two <G 1417> woes <G 3759> more <G 2089> hereafter
<G 5023>.
:13. And the sixth <G 1623> angel <G 0032> sounded <G 4537>, and
I heard <G
0191> a voice <G 5456> from the four <G 5064> horns <G 2768> of
the golden <G
5552> altar <G 2379> which <G 3588> is before <G 1799> God <G
2316>,
:14 Saying <G 3004> to the sixth <G 1623> angel which <G 3739>
had <G 2192> the
trumpet <G 4536>, Loose <G 3089> the four <G 5064> angels <G
0032> which <G
3588> are bound <G 1210> in the great <G 3173> river <G 4215>
Euphrates <G
2166>.
:15 And the four <G 5064> angels <G 0032> were loosed <G 3089>,
which <G 3588>
were prepared <G 2090> for an hour <G 5610>, and a day <G 2250>,
and a month <G
3376>, and a year <G 1763>, for to slay <G 0615> the third <G
5154> part of men
<G 0444>.
:16 And the number <G 0706> of the army <G 4753> of the
horsemen <G 2461>
[were] two <G 1417> hundred <G 3461> thousand <G 3461> thousand
<G 3461>: and I
heard <G 0191> the number <G 0706> of them.
:17 And thus <G 3779> I saw <G 1492> the horses <G 2462> in the
vision <G
3706>, and them that sat <G 2521> on <G 1909> them, having <G
2192> breastplates
<G 2382> of fire <G 4447>, and of jacinth <G 5191>, and
brimstone <G 2306>: and
the heads <G 2776> of the horses <G 2462> [were] as the heads <G
2776> of lions
<G 3023>; and out of their mouths <G 4750> issued <G 1607> fire
<G 4442> and
smoke <G 2586> and brimstone <G 2303>.
:18 By these <G 5103> three <G 5140> was the third <G 5154>
part of men <G
0444> killed <G 0615>, by the fire <G 4442>, and by the smoke <G
2586>, and by
the brimstone <G 2303>, which <G 3588> issued <G 1607> out of
their mouths <G
4750>.
:19 For their power <G 1849> is in their mouth <G 4750>, and in
their tails <G
3769>: for their tails <G 3769> [were] like <G 3664> unto
serpents <G 3789>, and
had <G 2192> heads <G 2776>, and with them they do hurt <G 0091>.
:20 And the rest <G 3062> of the men <G 0444> which <G 3739>
were not killed <G
0615> by these <G 5025> plagues <G 4127> yet repented <G 3340>
not of the works
<G 2041> of their hands <G 5495>, that they should not worship
<G 4352> devils
<G 1140>, and idols <G 1497> of gold <G 5552>, and silver <G
0693>, and brass <G
5470>, and stone <G 3035>, and of wood <G 3585>: which <G 3739>
neither <G 3777>
can <G 1410> see <G 0991>, nor <G 3777> hear <G 0191>, nor <G
3777> walk <G
4043>:
:21 Neither <G 3756> repented <G 3340> they of their murders <G
5408>, nor <G
3777> of their sorceries <G 5331>, nor <G 3777> of their
fornication <G 4202>,
nor <G 3777> of their thefts <G 2809>.
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