Revelation 9:13

Revelation 9:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
• New International Version (NIV)The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

Context of Revelation 9:13

11They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss (the bottomless pit); in Hebrew his name is Abaddon (destruction), and in Greek he is called Apollyon (destroyer-king). 12The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still coming after these things. Then the sixth angel sounded [his trumpet], and I heard a solitary voice from the four horns of the golden altar which stands before God, 14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15So the four angels, who had been prepared for the [appointed] hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.

Revelation 9:13 word by word

Καὶ ὁ ἕκτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισεν, καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν μίαν ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ χρυσοῦ τοῦ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the sixthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the sixthἕκτοςhektos · sixthG1623
• angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• soundedσαλπίζωsalpizō · to sound a trumpetG4537
• I heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• aεἷςheis · oneG1520
• voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the fourτέσσαρεςtessares tessara · fourG5064
• hornsκέραςkeras · hornG2768
• of the goldenχρύσεοςchruseos · goldenG5552
• altarθυσιαστήριονthusiastērion · altarG2379
• which is beforeἐνώπιονenōpion · beforeG1799
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Revelation 9:13

• 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 8:3Another angel came and stood at the altar. He had a golden censer, and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints (God’s people) on the golden altar in front of the throne.
• Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but [He entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf;
• Hebrews 10:21and since we have a great and wonderful Priest [Who rules] over the house of God,

Commentaries on Revelation 9:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The four horns of the golden altar - This is another not very obscure indication that the Jewish temple was yet standing.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13And the sixth angel sounded - See the notes on Revelation 8:2, Revelation 8:7. And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God - In the language used here there is an allusion to the temple, but the scene is evidently laid in heaven. The temple in its arrangements was designed, undoubtedly, to be in important respects a symbol of heaven, and this idea constantly occurs in the Scriptures. Compare the Epistle to the Hebrews…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 The sixth angel sounded, and here the power of the Turks seems the subject. Their time is limited. They not only slew in war, but brought a poisonous and ruinous religion. The antichristian generation repented not under these dreadful judgments. From this sixth trumpet learn that God can make one enemy of the church a scourge and a plague to another. The idolatry in the remains of the eastern church and elsewhere, and the sins of professed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-14The four horns of the gold altar (see Revelation 8:3) appear with the sixth trumpet blast. Many excavations have found altars with pointed horns at their four corners (see study note on Exodus 27:2). The voice has God's authority to command the release of the four angels. These angels are bound, indicating their evil nature (compare Revelation 20:2; 1 Enoch 10; contrast Revelation 7:1). Their location at the great Euphrates River likely refers to Assyria…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. a voice--literally, "one voice." from--Greek, "out of." the four horns--A, Vulgate (Amiatinus manuscript), Coptic, and Syriac omit "four." B and Cyprian support it. The four horns together gave forth their voice, not diverse, but one. God's revelation (for example, the Gospel), though in its aspects fourfold (four expressing world-wide extension: whence four is the number of the Evangelists), still has but one and the same voice. However, from the…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 9:13

• Altar
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Abaddon
• Angel
• Authority in Religion
• Government
• Horn
• Revelation of John

Commentaries on Revelation 9

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings