Revelation 8:11

11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.

Revelation 8:11 in Other Translations

KJV
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
ESV
11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.
NLT
11 The name of the star was Bitterness. It made one-third of the water bitter, and many people died from drinking the bitter water.
MSG
11 The Star's name was Wormwood. A third of the water turned bitter, and many people died from the poisoned water.
CSB
11 The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood. So, many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.

Revelation 8:11 In-Context

9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water—
11 the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

Cross References 2

  • 1. S ver 7
  • 2. Jeremiah 9:15; Jeremiah 23:15

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Wormwood is a bitter substance.
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