Revelation 9:1

Revelation 9:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
• New International Version (NIV)The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit.

Context of Revelation 9:1

Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. 2He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft. 3Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

Revelation 9:1 word by word

Καὶ ὁ πέμπτος ἄγγελος ἐσάλπισεν, καὶ εἶδον ἀστέρα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πεπτωκότα εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ ἡ κλεὶς τοῦ φρέατος τῆς ἀβύσσου,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the fifthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the fifthπέμπτοςpemptos · fifthG3991
• angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• soundedσαλπίζωsalpizō · to sound a trumpetG4537
• I sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• a starἀστήρastēr · starG792
• fallπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• to himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• was givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• the keyκλείςkleis · keyG2807
• of the bottomlessἄβυσσοςabussos · abyssG12
• pitφρέαρphrear · well/abyssG5421

Cross-references for Revelation 9:1

• Revelation 9:12The first woe has passed, but two woes are still coming after these things!
• Revelation 8:6Now the seven angels holding the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
• Revelation 11:14The second woe has come and gone; the third is coming quickly.
• Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
• Revelation 8:10Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; it landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
• Isaiah 14:12Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations!
• Luke 10:18So he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
• 2 Timothy 3:1But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
• Revelation 1:18and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!
• Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.
• Revelation 9:2He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.
• Revelation 17:8The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth – all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world – will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.
• Revelation 20:10And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.
• Luke 8:31And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.
• Romans 10:7or “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

Commentaries on Revelation 9:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1A star fall from heaven - An angel encompassed with light suddenly descended, and seemed like a star falling from heaven. The key of the bottomless pit - Power to inundate the earth with a flood of temporal calamities and moral evils.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1And the fifth angel sounded - See the notes on Revelation 8:6-7. And I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth - This denotes, as was shown in the notes on Revelation 8:10, a leader, a military chieftain, a warrior. In the fulfillment of this, as in the former case, we look for the appearance of some mighty prince and warrior, to whom is given power, as it were, to open the bottomless pit, and to summon forth its legions. That some such agent is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The fifth trumpet is followed by a representation of another star as falling from heaven and opening the bottomless pit, out of which come swarms of locusts. (1-12) The sixth trumpet is followed by the loosing of four angels bound in the great river Euphrates. (13-21) Verses 1-12 Upon sounding the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by this star becomes the minister of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12The fifth trumpet is the first of the three terrors (Revelation 8:13). It brings a judgment of locusts from the bottomless pit, a place of horror. Ancient cultures thought the ocean depths, or the Abyss, was a home for demonic forces (see study note on Genesis 1:2).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 9:1

• Astronomy
• Hell
• Key
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Pit
• Stars
• Trumpet
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Bottomless, Pit
• Abaddon
• Angel
• Deep
• Eternal death
• Abyss
• Apollyon
• Authority in Religion
• Eschatology of the New Testament
• Government

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