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Book of Revelation, Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 of Revelation—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And the fifth angel blew his trumpet.1 And I saw a star2 that had fallen from heaven to the earth, and the key3 of the pit of the abyss4 was given him.[a]
  2. And he[b] opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke5 ascended out of the pit as the smoke of a great furnace,6 and the sun was darkened,7 also the air, by the smoke of the pit.
  3. And out of the smoke locusts8 came forth upon the earth; and authority was given them, the same authority as the scorpions9 of the earth have.
  4. And they were told to harm no vegetation of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.10
  5. ¶ And it was granted the [locusts], not to kill them, but that these should be tormented11 five months, and the torment upon them was as torment by a scorpion12 when it strikes a man.
  6. And in those days the men will seek death13 but will by no means find it, and they will desire to die but death keeps fleeing from them.
  7. ¶ And the likenesses of the locusts resembled horses14 prepared for battle; and upon their heads [were] what seemed to be crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as men’s faces,15
  8. but they had hair as women’s hair.16 And their teeth were as those of lions;17
  9. and they had breastplates18 like iron breastplates. And the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots19 of many horses running into battle.20
  10. Also, they have tails and stings like scorpions;21 and in their tails is their authority to hurt[c] the men five months.
  11. They have over them a king, the angel of the abyss.22 In Hebrew his name is A·badʹdon,[d] but in Greek he has the name A·polʹlyon.[e]23
  12. ¶ The one woe is past. Look! Two more woes24 are coming after these things.[f]
  13. ¶ And the sixth angel25 blew his trumpet.26 And I heard one voice27 out of the horns[g] of the golden altar28 that is before God
  14. say to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet: “Untie the four angels29 that are bound30 at the great river Eu·phraʹtes.”31
  15. And the four angels were untied, who have been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, to kill a third of the men.
  16. ¶ And the number of the armies of cavalry[h] was two myriads of myriads:[i] I heard the number of them.
  17. And this is how I saw the horses in the vision, and those seated on them: they had fire-red and hyacinth-blue and sulphur-yellow breastplates; and the heads of the horses were as heads of lions,32 and out of their mouths fire and smoke and sulphur33 issued forth.
  18. By these three plagues a third of the men were killed, from the fire and the smoke and the sulphur which issued forth from their mouths.
  19. For the authority of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents34 and have heads, and with these they do harm.
  20. ¶ But the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands,35 so that they should not worship the demons36 and the idols of gold and silver37 and copper and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;38
  21. and they did not repent of their murders39 nor of their spiritistic practices[j]40 nor of their fornication nor of their thefts.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “it.”
  2. ^ Or, “it.”
  3. ^ Lit., “to treat unrighteously.”
  4. ^ “Abaddon.” Or, “Destruction.” J17,18,22(Heb.), ʼAvad·dohnʹ. Compare Job 26:6; Ps 88:11; Pr 15:11 ftns, “Destruction.”
  5. ^ “Apollyon.” Or, “Destroyer.” Gr., A·pol·lyʹon. Vg adds: “and in Latin he has the name Exterminator (Ex·terʹmi·nans).” See Mt 7:13 ftn.
  6. ^ Or, “the following things.”
  7. ^ “Out of the horns,” P47אcAItmssSyh; Vgc, “out of the four horns.”
  8. ^ Or, “of the horsemen.”
  9. ^ Or, “twenty thousand times ten thousand,” that is, 200,000,000.
  10. ^ “Spiritistic practices.” Or, “sorceries.” Lit., “drugs.” Gr., phar·maʹkon.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Re 8:2
  2. ^ Nu 24:17; Re 22:16
  3. ^ Re 20:1
  4. ^ Lu 8:31; Re 9:11
  5. ^ Ex 19:18; Jl 2:30
  6. ^ Ge 19:28
  7. ^ Jl 2:2, 10
  8. ^ Ex 10:4, 12
  9. ^ De 8:15; Lu 11:12
  10. ^ Re 7:3
  11. ^ Re 16:9; 18:7
  12. ^ Re 9:10
  13. ^ Jb 3:21; Re 6:16
  14. ^ Jl 2:4
  15. ^ Jl 2:6
  16. ^ 1Co 11:15; Eph 5:24
  17. ^ Jl 1:6
  18. ^ Eph 6:14; 1Th 5:8; 2Ti 2:3
  19. ^ Jl 2:5
  20. ^ 2Co 10:4
  21. ^ Re 9:5
  22. ^ Re 9:1; 20:1
  23. ^ Lu 4:34; Re 19:15
  24. ^ Re 8:13
  25. ^ Re 8:6
  26. ^ Re 11:15
  27. ^ Re 1:12
  28. ^ Re 8:3
  29. ^ Ga 4:14
  30. ^ Ps 102:20; 137:1; 142:7; Is 42:7; 49:9
  31. ^ Ge 2:14; Re 16:12; 17:15
  32. ^ 1Ch 12:8; Pr 28:1
  33. ^ Ps 11:6
  34. ^ Je 8:17
  35. ^ De 31:29; Je 5:3
  36. ^ De 32:17; Ps 106:37; 1Co 10:20
  37. ^ Ps 115:4; 135:15
  38. ^ Is 44:9; Je 10:5; Da 5:23
  39. ^ Ex 20:13
  40. ^ Ga 5:20

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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