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1 And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet: and I saw a star fall from heaven upon the earth. And there was given to him the key of the bottomless pit.
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And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit;
2 And he opened the bottomless pit: and the smoke of the pit arose, as the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke of the pit.
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he opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.
3 And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given authority like the authority of scorpions of the earth.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree: but only the men who have not the sign of God on their foreheads.
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They were told not to damage the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 And it was given unto them that they should not kill them: but that they should torment them five months. And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.
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They were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings someone.
6 And in those days, men shall seek death and shall not find it. And they shall desire to die: and death shall fly from them.
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And in those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle. And on their heads were, as it were, crowns like gold: and their faces were as the faces of men.
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In appearance the locusts were like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,
8 And they had hair as the hair of women: and their teeth were as lions.
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their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth;
9 And they had breastplates as breastplates of iron: and the noise of their wings was as the noise of chariots and many horses running to battle.
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they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.
10 And they had tails like to scorpions: and there were stings in their tails. And their power was to hurt men, five months. And they had over them
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They have tails like scorpions, with stingers, and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.
11 A king, the angel of the bottomless pit (whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon, in Latin Exterminans).
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They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
12 One woe is past: and behold there come yet two woes more hereafter.
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The first woe has passed. There are still two woes to come.
13 And the sixth angel sounded the trumpet: and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before the eyes of God,
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Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet: Loose the four angels who are bound in the great river Euphrates.
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saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."
15 And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year: for to kill the third part of men.
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So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of humankind.
16 And the number of the army of horsemen was twenty thousand times ten thousand. And I heard the number of them.
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The number of the troops of cavalry was two hundred million; I heard their number.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision. And they that sat on them had breastplates of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone. And the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions: and from their mouths proceeded fire and smoke and brimstone.
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And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur; the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths.
18 And by these three plagues was slain the third part of men, by the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone which issued out of their mouths.
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By these three plagues a third of humankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.
19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For, their tails are like to serpents and have heads: and with them they hurt.
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For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they inflict harm.
20 And the rest of the men, who were not slain by these plagues, did not do penance from the works of their hands, that they should not adore devils and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which neither can see nor hear nor walk:
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The rest of humankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands or give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
21 Neither did they penance from their murders nor from their sorceries nor from their fornication nor from their thefts.
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And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their fornication or their thefts.
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