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Revelation 9:18
18One-third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues—by the fire and smoke and burning sulfur that came from the mouths of the horses.
Revelation 9:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
- New International Version (NIV)A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths.
- English Standard Version (ESV)By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.
- New King James Version (NKJV)By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.
Context of Revelation 9:18
16I heard the size of their army, which was 200 million mounted troops. 17And in my vision, I saw the horses and the riders sitting on them. The riders wore armor that was fiery red and dark blue and yellow. The horses had heads like lions, and fire and smoke and burning sulfur billowed from their mouths. One-third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues—by the fire and smoke and burning sulfur that came from the mouths of the horses. 19Their power was in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails had heads like snakes, with the power to injure people. 20But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk!
Read all of Revelation 9Revelation 9:18 word by word
ἀπὸ τῶν τριῶν πληγῶν τούτων ἀπεκτάνθησαν τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τοῦ καπνοῦ καὶ τοῦ θείου τοῦ ἐκπορευομένου ἐκ τῶν στομάτων αὐτῶν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Byὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
- theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- threeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- threeτρεῖςtreis tria · ThreeG5140
- the third partτρίτοςtritos · thirdG5154
- of menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- killedἀποκτείνωapokteinō · to killG615
- byἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- the fireπῦρpur · fireG4442
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- the smokeκαπνόςkapnos · smokeG2586
- the brimstoneθεῖονtheion · sulfurG2303
- issuedἐκπορεύωekporeuomai · to departG1607
- of theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- mouthsστόμαstoma · mouthG4750
Cross-references for Revelation 9:18
Commentaries on Revelation 9:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18By these three was the third part of men killed - That is, By these was great carnage made.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18By these three - Three things - explained immediately as referring to the fire, the smoke, and the brimstone. Was the third part of men killed - See the notes on Revelation 8:7-12, on each of which verses we have notices of calamities that came upon the third part of the race, of the sea, of rivers, etc. We are not to suppose that this is to be taken literally, but the description is given as it appeared to John. Those immense numbers of horsemen would…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. 17-19The riders wore armor in colors matching their horses' plagues: red for fire, blue for smoke, and yellow for sulfur. These are signs of judgment in Scripture (see Revelation 14:10–11; 19:20; Genesis 19:24–28; Psalm 11:6; Ezekiel 38:22; Luke 17:29). The horses resemble the terrifying monsters from Greek stories depicted on ancient buildings and celebrated in old dramas. A third: See study note on Revelation 8:7–12.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. By these three--A, B, C, and Aleph read (apo for kupo), "From"; implying the direction whence the slaughter came; not direct instrumentality as "by" implies. A, B, C, Aleph also add "plagues" after "three." English Version reading, which omits it, is not well supported. by the fire--Greek, "owing to the fire," literally, "out of."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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