English Standard Version
Revelation 9:15
15So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
Revelation 9:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
- New International Version (NIV)And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth.
Context of Revelation 9:15
13Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. 16The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. 17And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths.
Read all of Revelation 9Revelation 9:15 word by word
καὶ ἐλύθησαν οἱ τέσσαρες ἄγγελοι οἱ ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς τὴν ὥραν καὶ ἡμέραν καὶ μῆνα καὶ ἐνιαυτὸν ἵνα ἀποκτείνωσιν τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- the fourὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the fourτέσσαρεςtessares tessara · fourG5064
- angelsἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
- were loosedλύωluō · to looseG3089
- were preparedἑτοιμάζωhetoimazō · to make readyG2090
- forεἰςeis · towardG1519
- an hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
- a dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- a monthμήνmēn · monthG3376
- a yearἐνιαυτόςeniautos · yearG1763
- for toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- slayἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
- the third partτρίτοςtritos · thirdG5154
- of menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
Cross-references for Revelation 9:15
- Revelation 9:5They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.
- Revelation 9:18By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.
- Revelation 8:7The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
Commentaries on Revelation 9:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15For an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year - We have in this place a year resolved into its component parts. Twenty-four hours constitute a day, seven days make a week, four weeks make a month, and twelve months make a year. Probably no more is meant than that these four angels were at all times prepared and permitted to inflict evil on the people against whom they had received their commission. There are some who understand these divisions of time…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And the four angels were loosed - Who had this mighty host under restraint. The loosening of the angels was, in fact, also a letting loose of all these hosts, that they might accomplish the work which they were commissioned to do. Which were prepared - See Revelation 9:7. The word used here properly refers to what is made ready, suited up, arranged for anything: as persons prepared for a journey, horses for battle, a road for travelers, food for the…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. 15hour and day and month and year: This four-part time designation shows that even evil forces must follow God's timing.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. were--"which had been prepared" [Tregelles rightly]. for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year--rather as Greek, "for (that is, against) THE hour, and day, and month, and year," namely, appointed by God. The Greek article (teen), put once only before all the periods, implies that the hour in the day, and the day in the month, and the month in the year, and the year itself, had been definitely fixed by God. The article would have been omitted had…Read the comment
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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
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