Revelation 9:2

Revelation 9:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
• New International Version (NIV)When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.

Context of Revelation 9:2

1The fifth angel made a sound with his trumpet. Then I saw a star that had fallen down from the sky to the earth. Someone gave a key to that star. The key could open the entrance to the deep hole. When the star opened the entrance, smoke came up out of the hole. It was like the smoke from a very big hot fire. The smoke caused the sun and the sky to become dark. 3Then locusts came out of the smoke and they came down on the earth. They received power to cause great pain, like the power of scorpions. 4They knew that they must not do anything bad to the grass on the earth. They must not attack any plant or any tree. They could only attack people who did not have God's seal on the front of their heads.

Revelation 9:2 word by word

καὶ ἤνοιξεν τὸ φρέαρ τῆς ἀβύσσου· καὶ ἀνέβη καπνὸς ἐκ τοῦ φρέατος ὡς καπνὸς καμίνου μεγάλης, καὶ ἐσκοτώθη ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ τοῦ φρέατος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he openedἀνοίγωanoigō · to openG455
• the bottomlessὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the bottomlessἄβυσσοςabussos · abyssG12
• pitφρέαρphrear · well/abyssG5421
• there aroseἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• a smokeκαπνόςkapnos · smokeG2586
• outἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• of a greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• furnaceκάμινοςkaminos · furnace/ovenG2575
• the sunἥλιοςhēlios · sunG2246
• the airἀήρaēr · airG109
• were darkenedσκοτίζωskotizō · to darkenG4654

Cross-references for Revelation 9:2

• Revelation 9:17In my vision, I saw the soldiers and their horses. The soldiers had shields over the front of their bodies. The shields had many colours. They were bright red like fire, bright blue, and yellow like sulphur. The horses' heads looked like lions' heads. Fire, smoke and sulphur came out of their mouths.
• Revelation 14:11The smoke will rise for ever while they burn. They will have no rest during the day or during the night. This will happen to everyone who worships the wild animal and its image. It will happen to everyone who receives the mark which shows its name.’
• Genesis 15:17Then the sun went down and it became dark. Abram saw a pot that had coals in it. The coals were burning and making smoke. There was also a branch that burned with bright fire. These passed between the halves of the animals that Abram had cut in two pieces.
• Genesis 19:28He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley. He saw thick dark smoke that was rising from the land. It was the smoke from a big fire.
• Isaiah 14:31Gate of the city, weep! City, cry out in pain! You Philistine people should be very afraid! See that cloud of smoke in the north! It is the dust of an army that is marching towards you. Their soldiers are ready to fight, and none of them is afraid.
• Joel 2:30I will do strange things in the sky and on the earth. I will send blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
• Acts 2:19I will cause special things to appear in the sky. I will cause special things to appear on the earth too. Those things will show how great I am. There will be blood, fire and thick dark smoke.
• Revelation 8:12Then the fourth angel made a sound with his trumpet. A third of the sun became dark. A third of the moon and a third of the stars also became dark. There was no light for a third of the day and there was no light for a third of the night.
• Exodus 10:21Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Lift up your hand towards the sky. Then it will become dark over the whole country of Egypt. It will be so dark that people will be able to feel it.’
• Joel 2:2That day will be sad and dark. There will be dark clouds. A great big army is coming. It comes across the sky like light in the morning. A great army like this has never come before. And it will never come again in future years.

Commentaries on Revelation 9:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He opened the bottomless pit - · The pit of the bottomless deep. Some think the angel means Satan, and the bottomless pit hell. Some suppose Mohammed is meant; and Signior Pastorini professes to believe that Luther is intended! There arose a smoke - False doctrine, obscuring the true light of heaven.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And he opened the bottomless pit - It is represented before as wholly confined, so that not even the smoke or vapor could escape. And there arose a smoke out of the pit - Compare Revelation 14:11. The meaning here is that the pit, as a place of punishment, or as the abode of the wicked, was filled with burning sulphur, and consequently that it emitted smoke and vapor as soon as opened. The common image of the place of punishment, in the Scriptures, is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The smoke from the pit made the sky dark, similar to the plague in Egypt (Exodus 10:21–29; see Matthew 27:45).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-211. The last three trumpets of the seven are called, from Re 8:13, the woe-trumpets. fall--rather as Greek, "fallen." When John saw it, it was not in the act of falling, but had fallen already. This is a connecting link of this fifth trumpet with Re 12:8, 9, 12, "Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, for the devil is come down," &c. Compare Is 14:12, "How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning!" the bottomless pit--Greek, "the pit of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 9:2

• Astronomy
• Darkness
• Fire
• Furnace
• Hell
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Pit
• Sun
• Trumpet
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Bottomless, Pit
• Abaddon
• Air
• Angel
• Deep
• Furnace
• Abiezer
• Abyss
• Anointing
• Authority in Religion

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