The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 et quintus angelus tuba cecinit et vidi stellam de caelo cecidisse in terram et data est illi clavis putei abyssi
1
And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit;
2 et aperuit puteum abyssi et ascendit fumus putei sicut fumus fornacis magnae et obscuratus est sol et aer de fumo putei
2
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 et de fumo exierunt lucustae in terram et data est illis potestas sicut habent potestatem scorpiones terrae
3
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth;
4 et praeceptum est illis ne laederent faenum terrae neque omne viride neque omnem arborem nisi tantum homines qui non habent signum Dei in frontibus
4
they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those of mankind who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads;
5 et datum est illis ne occiderent eos sed ut cruciarentur mensibus quinque et cruciatus eorum ut cruciatus scorpii cum percutit hominem
5
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 a man.
6 et in diebus illis quaerent homines mortem et non invenient eam et desiderabunt mori et fugiet mors ab ipsis
6
And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them.
7 et similitudines lucustarum similes equis paratis in proelium et super capita earum tamquam coronae similes auro et facies earum sicut facies hominum
7
In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,
8 et habebant capillos sicut capillos mulierum et dentes earum sicut leonum erant
8
their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth;
9 et habebant loricas sicut loricas ferreas et vox alarum earum sicut vox curruum equorum multorum currentium in bellum
9
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 et habebant caudas similes scorpionum et aculei in caudis earum potestas earum nocere hominibus mensibus quinque
10
They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails.
11 et habebant super se regem angelum abyssi cui nomen hebraice Abaddon graece autem Apollyon et latine habet nomen Exterminans
11
They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abad'don, and in Greek he is called Apol'lyon.
12 vae unum abiit ecce veniunt adhuc duo vae post haec
12
The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
13 et sextus angelus tuba cecinit et audivi vocem unum ex cornibus altaris aurei quod est ante oculos Dei
13
Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,
14 dicentem sexto angelo qui habebat tubam solve quattuor angelos qui alligati sunt in flumine magno Eufrate
14
saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphra'tes."
15 et soluti sunt quattuor angeli qui parati erant in horam et diem et mensem et annum ut occiderent tertiam partem hominum
15
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 mankind.
16 et numerus equestris exercitus vicies milies dena milia audivi numerum eorum
16
The number of the troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.
17 et ita vidi equos in visione et qui sedebant super eos habentes loricas igneas et hyacinthinas et sulphureas et capita equorum erant tamquam capita leonum et de ore ipsorum procedit ignis et fumus et sulphur
17
And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulphur, and the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and fire and smoke and sulphur issued from their mouths.
18 ab his tribus plagis occisa est tertia pars hominum de igne et fumo et sulphure qui procedebat ex ore ipsorum
18
By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulphur issuing from their mouths.
19 potestas enim equorum in ore eorum est et in caudis eorum nam caudae illorum similes serpentibus habentes capita et in his nocent
19
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and by means of them they wound.
20 et ceteri homines qui non sunt occisi in his plagis neque paenitentiam egerunt de operibus manuum suarum ut non adorarent daemonia et simulacra aurea et argentea et aerea et lapidea et lignea quae neque videre possunt neque audire neque ambulare
20
The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot either see or hear or walk;
21 et non egerunt paenitentiam ab homicidiis suis neque a veneficiis suis neque a fornicatione sua neque a furtis suis
21
nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their immorality or their thefts.
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