Revelation 9:15

WEB

¹⁵The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.

KJV

¹⁵And 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.

BSB

¹⁵So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

FBV

¹⁵The four angels who had been kept ready for this particular hour, day, month and year were released to kill one third of humanity.

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Extra References

Revelation 9:18

¹⁸By these three plagues, one third of mankind was killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.

Revelation 8:7

⁷The first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. One third of the earth was burned up,^[+] and one third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

Revelation 8:9

⁹and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 9:10

¹⁰They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

Revelation 8:11-12

¹¹The name of the star is “Wormwood.” One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

¹²The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars, so that one third of them would be darkened; and the day wouldn’t shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.

Revelation 9:5

⁵They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.