Revelation 8:9

Revelation 8:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
• New International Version (NIV)a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Context of Revelation 8:9

7Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass. 8Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.

Revelation 8:9 word by word

καὶ ἀπέθανεν τὸ τρίτον τῶν κτισμάτων τῶν ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, τὰ ἔχοντα ψυχάς, καὶ τὸ τρίτον τῶν πλοίων διεφθάρησαν.¶Read the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• aὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• thirdτρίτοςtritos · thirdG5154
• livingἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• livingψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590
• creaturesκτίσμαktisma · creatureG2938
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• seaθάλασσαthalassa · seaG2281
• diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• shipsπλοῖονploion · boatG4143
• were destroyedδιαφθείρωdiaphtheirō · to destroyG1311

Cross-references for Revelation 8:9

• Revelation 8:7Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
• Revelation 16:3And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.
• Exodus 7:21The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
• Zechariah 13:8And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
• Psalms 48:7With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
• Isaiah 2:16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
• Isaiah 23:1This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

Commentaries on Revelation 8:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The third part of the ships were destroyed - These judgments seem to be poured out upon some maritime nation, destroying much of its population, and much of its traffic.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died - The effect was as if one-third of all the fish in the sea were cut off. Of course this is not to be taken literally. It is designed to describe an effect, pertaining to the maritime portion of the world, as if a third portion of all that was in the sea should perish. The natural interpretation would be to apply it to some invasion or calamity pertaining to the sea - to the…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. 8-9the sea turned to blood: This judgment is like the first plague on Egypt (see Exodus 7:14–25; Psalm 78:44). The mountain of fire resembles the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which destroyed ships and sea life (see Pliny the Younger, Letters 6.16.1–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. The symbolical interpreters take the ships here to be churches. For the Greek here for ships is not the common one, but that used in the Gospels of the apostolic vessel in which Christ taught: and the first churches were in the shape of an inverted ship: and the Greek for destroyed is also used of heretical corruptings (1Ti 6:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 8:9

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Sea
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Amulet
• Chain; Chains
• Crescents
• Ethics
• Gold
• Life
• Literature, Sub-Apostolic
• Midian; Midianites
• Olive Tree

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