Revelation 8:10

Revelation 8:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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;
• New International Version (NIV)The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water—
• English Standard Version (ESV)The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Context of Revelation 8:10

8The second angel sounded [his trumpet], and something like a great mountain blazing with fire was hurled into the sea; and a third of the sea was turned to blood; 9and a third of the living creatures that were in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. The third angel sounded [his trumpet], and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch [flashing across the sky], and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of [fresh] waters. 11The name of the star is Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters, because they had become bitter (toxic). 12Then the fourth angel sounded [his trumpet], and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and a third of the daylight would not shine, and the night in the same way [would not shine].

Revelation 8:10 word by word

Καὶ ὁ τρίτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισεν, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀστὴρ μέγας καιόμενος ὡς λαμπὰς καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ τρίτον τῶν ποταμῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the thirdὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the thirdτρίτοςtritos · thirdG5154
• angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• soundedσαλπίζωsalpizō · to sound a trumpetG4537
• there fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• a greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• starἀστήρastēr · starG792
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• burningκαίωkaiō · to kindle/burnG2545
• as it wereὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• a lampλαμπάςlampas · windowG2985
• uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• of the riversποταμόςpotamos · riverG4215
• the fountainsπηγήpēgē · flowG4077
• of watersὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204

Cross-references for Revelation 8:10

• Revelation 1:20As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels (divine messengers) of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
• Revelation 6:13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree shedding its late [summer] figs when shaken by a strong wind.
• Revelation 9:1Then the fifth angel sounded [his trumpet], and I saw a star (angelic being) that had fallen from heaven to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit (abyss) was given to him (the star-angel).
• Revelation 12:4And his tail swept [across the sky] and dragged away a third of the stars of heaven and flung them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
• Isaiah 14:12How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]!
• Luke 10:18He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like [a flash of] lightning.
• Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.
• Revelation 16:4Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water; and they turned into blood.
• Exodus 7:20So Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded; Aaron lifted up the staff and struck the waters in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned into blood.
• Judges 15:11Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Have you not known that the Philistines are rulers over us? What is this that you have done to us?” He said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”
• 2 Kings 2:19Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Look, this city is in a pleasant place, as my lord [Elisha] sees; but the water is bad and the land is barren.”
• 2 Chronicles 32:3he decided, together with his officers and his soldiers, to stop up the water [supply] from the springs which were outside the city [by enclosing them with masonry and concealing them], and they helped him.
• Isaiah 12:3Therefore with joy you will draw water From the springs of salvation.
• Hosea 13:15For though he flourishes among the reeds (his fellow tribes), An east wind (Assyria) will come, The breath of the Lord rising from the desert; And Ephraim’s spring will become dry And his fountain will be dried up. Assyria will plunder his treasury of every precious object.

Commentaries on Revelation 8:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10There fell a great star from heaven - This has given rise to various conjectures. Some say the star means Attila and his Huns, others, Genseric with his Vandals falling on the city of Rome; others, Eleazer, the son of Annus, spurning the emperor's victims, and exciting the fury of the Zealots; others, Arius; infecting the pure Christian doctrine with his heresy, etc., etc. It certainly cannot mean all these; and probably none of them. Let the reader judge.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And the third angel sounded - Indicating, according to the interpretation above proposed, some important event in the downfall of the Roman empire. And there fell a great star from heaven - A star is a natural emblem of a prince, of a ruler, of one distinguished by rank or by talent. Compare the notes on Revelation 2:28. See Numbers 24:17, and the notes on Isaiah 14:12. A star falling from heaven would be a natural symbol of one who had left a higher…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood. A storm of heresies, a mixture of dreadful errors falling on the church, or a tempest of destruction. The second angel sounded, and a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea; and the third part of the sea became blood. By this mountain some understand leaders of the persecutions; others, Rome sacked by the Goths and Vandals, with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11The star named Wormwood (a shrubby plant that produces a bitter extract) is symbolic, not physical. Bitter water is linked to judgment from early in Israel’s history (Exodus 15:22–26; Numbers 5:18; Jeremiah 9:13–16; 23:15). The message is that widespread judgment has started.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. a lamp--a torch.Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 8:10

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Astronomy
• Lamp
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Stars
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Wormwood
• Astronomy
• Ethics
• Images
• Literature, Sub-Apostolic
• Midian; Midianites
• Revelation of John
• Torch

Commentaries on Revelation 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings