New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 9:1-7

1Then the 1fifth angel sounded, and I saw a 2star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the 3key of the 4 5bottomless pit was given to him. 2He opened the 6bottomless pit, and 7smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and 8the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. 3Then out of the smoke came 9locusts 10upon the earth, and power was given them, as the 11scorpions of the earth have power. 4They were told not to 12hurt the 13grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the 14seal of God on their foreheads. 5And 15they were not permitted to kill 16anyone, but to torment for 17five months; and their torment was like the torment of a 18scorpion when it 19stings a man. 6And in those days 20men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

7The 21 22appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.

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Notes

1. Revelation 9:1 Rev 8:2 ↩
2. Revelation 9:1 Rev 8:10 ↩
3. Revelation 9:1 Rev 1:18 ↩
4. Revelation 9:1 Lit shaft of the abyss ↩
5. Revelation 9:1 Luke 8:31; Rev 9:2, 11 ↩
6. Revelation 9:2 V 1, note 1 ↩
7. Revelation 9:2 Gen 19:28; Ex 19:18 ↩
8. Revelation 9:2 Joel 2:2, 10 ↩
9. Revelation 9:3 Ex 10:12-15; Rev 9:7 ↩
10. Revelation 9:3 Lit into ↩
11. Revelation 9:3 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:5, 10 ↩
12. Revelation 9:4 Rev 6:6 ↩
13. Revelation 9:4 Rev 8:7 ↩
14. Revelation 9:4 Ezek 9:4; Rev 7:2, 3 ↩
15. Revelation 9:5 Lit it was given to them ↩
16. Revelation 9:5 Lit them ↩
17. Revelation 9:5 Rev 9:10 ↩
18. Revelation 9:5 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:3, 10 ↩
19. Revelation 9:5 Lit strikes ↩
20. Revelation 9:6 Job 3:21; 7:15; Jer 8:3; Rev 6:16 ↩
21. Revelation 9:7 Lit likenesses ↩
22. Revelation 9:7 Joel 2:4 ↩

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