Revelation 9:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.”
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“So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the four angels were loosed, that had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and loosed were the four messengers, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of men;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 9:15 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 8:7Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
- Revelation 8:9a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- Revelation 8:11The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.
- Revelation 9:5The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
- Revelation 9:10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
- Revelation 9:18A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
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