1 T hen the fifth angel blew trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth; and to the angel was given the key of the shaft of the Abyss (the bottomless pit).

¶ And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

2 H e opened the long shaft of the Abyss (the bottomless pit), and smoke like the smoke of a huge furnace puffed out of the long shaft, so that the sun and the atmosphere were darkened by the smoke from the long shaft.

And he opened the bottomless pit, and there arose smoke out of the pit as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

3 T hen out of the smoke locusts came forth on the earth, and such power was granted them as the power the earth’s scorpions have.

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 T hey were told not to injure the herbage of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but only such human beings as do not have the seal (mark) of God on their foreheads.

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth neither any green thing neither any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads.

5 T hey were not permitted to kill them, but to torment (distress, vex) them for five months; and the pain caused them was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a person.

And to them it was given 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 strikes a man.

6 A nd in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will yearn to die, but death evades and flees from them.

And in those days men shall seek death and shall not find it and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7 T he locusts resembled horses equipped for battle. On their heads was something like golden crowns. Their faces resembled the faces of people.

And the appearance of the locusts was 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.

8 T hey had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 T heir breastplates (scales) resembled breastplates made of iron, and the noise made by their wings was like the roar of a vast number of horse-drawn chariots going at full speed into battle.

And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 T hey have tails like scorpions, and they have stings, and in their tails lies their ability to hurt men for five months.

And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months.

11 O ver them as king they have the angel of the Abyss (of the bottomless pit). In Hebrew his name is Abaddon, but in Greek he is called Apollyon.

And they had a king over them, who is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon meaning destroyer.

12 T he first woe (calamity) has passed; behold, two others are yet to follow.

The first woe is past; and, behold, there come two more woes after these things.

13 T hen the sixth angel blew trumpet, and from the four horns of the golden altar which stands before God I heard a solitary voice,

¶ And the sixth angel sounded the trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before the presence of God,

14 S aying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Liberate the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.

saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Loose the four angels who are bound in the great river Euphrates.

15 S o the four angels who had been in readiness for that hour in the appointed day, month, and year were liberated to destroy a third of mankind.

And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared unto the hour and day and month and year, to slay the third part of men.

16 T he number of their troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand (200, 000, 000); I heard what their number was.

And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred million: and I heard the number of them.

17 A nd in vision the horses and their riders appeared to me like this: the riders wore breastplates the color of fiery red and sapphire blue and sulphur (brimstone) yellow. The heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and from their mouths there poured fire and smoke and sulphur (brimstone).

And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those that sat on them, having breastplates of fire and of jacinth and brimstone; and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

18 A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues—by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur (brimstone) that poured from the mouths of the horses.

By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

19 F or the power of the horses to do harm is in their mouths and also in their tails. Their tails are like serpents, for they have heads, and it is by means of them that they wound people.

For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails were like unto serpents that have heads, and with them they do hurt.

20 A nd the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues even then did not repent of the works of their hands, so as to cease paying homage to the demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor move.

And the rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons and the images of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which neither can see nor hear nor walk.

21 A nd they did not repent of their murders or their practice of magic (sorceries) or their sexual vice or their thefts.

And they did not repent of their murders nor of their witchcraft nor of their fornication nor of their thefts.