Revelation 9:14

Revelation 9:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
• New International Version (NIV)It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."
• New King James Version (NKJV)saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

Context of Revelation 9:14

12The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still coming after these things. 13Then the sixth angel sounded [his trumpet], and I heard a solitary voice from the four horns of the golden altar which stands before God, saying 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. 16The number of the troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand (two hundred million); I heard the number of them.

Revelation 9:14 word by word

λέγοντα τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ ὁ ἔχων τὴν σάλπιγγα· λῦσον τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους τοὺς δεδεμένους ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ Εὐφράτῃ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• to the sixthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• to the sixthἕκτοςhektos · sixthG1623
• angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• the trumpetσάλπιγξsalpigx · trumpetG4536
• Looseλύωluō · to looseG3089
• the fourτέσσαρεςtessares tessara · fourG5064
• are boundδέωdeō · to bindG1210
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• riverποταμόςpotamos · riverG4215
• EuphratesΕὐφράτηςEuphratēs · EuphratesG2166

Cross-references for Revelation 9:14

• Revelation 8:2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
• Revelation 9:15So 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 16:12Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for [the coming of] the kings from the east.
• Genesis 2:14The third river is named Hiddekel (Tigris); it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
• 2 Samuel 8:3Then David defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the River [Euphrates].
• Jeremiah 51:63And as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you shall tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates.

Commentaries on Revelation 9:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Loose the four angels - These four angels bound - hitherto restrained, in the Euphrates, are by some supposed to be the Arabs, the Saracens, the Tartars, or the Turks; by others, Vespasian's four generals, one in Arabia, one in Africa, one in Alexandria, and one in Palestine.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Saying to the sixth angel, which had the trumpet - See the notes at Revelation 8:2. Loose, … - This power, it would seem, was given to the sixth angel in addition to his office of blowing the trumpet. All this, of course, was in vision, and cannot be literally interpreted. The meaning is, that the effect of his blowing the trumpet would be the same as if angels that had been bound should be suddenly loosed and suffered to go forth over the earth; that is…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. 1414. in, &c.--Greek, "epi to potamo"; "on," or "at the great river." Euphrates--(Compare Re 16:12). The river whereat Babylon, the ancient foe of God's people was situated. Again, whether from the literal region of the Euphrates, or from the spiritual Babylon (the apostate Church, especially Rome), four angelic ministers of God's judgments shall go forth, assembling an army of horsemen throughout the four quarters of the earth, to slay a third of men, the…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 9:14

• Euphrates
• Trumpet
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Abaddon
• Angel
• Torment
• Authority in Religion
• Choose; Chosen
• Four
• Government
• Revelation of John
• River
• Euphrates

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