1 T he fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.

The fifth angel blew his horn. I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to earth. The key to the hole without a bottom was given to the angel.

2 H e opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.

He opened the hole and smoke came out like the smoke from a place where there is much fire. The sun and the air became dark because of the smoke from the hole.

3 T hen out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Locusts came down to the earth out of the smoke. They were given power to hurt like small animals that sting.

4 T hey were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have God’s seal on their foreheads.

They were told not to hurt the grass or any green plant or any tree. They were to hurt only the men who did not have the mark of God on their foreheads.

5 T hey 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.

The locusts were not allowed to kill these men. They were to give them much pain for five months like the pain that comes from a small animal that stings.

6 I n those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

Men will look for ways to die during those days, but they will not find any way. They will want to die, but death will be kept from them.

7 T he shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people’s faces.

The locusts looked like horses ready for war. They had on their heads what looked like crowns of gold. Their faces were like men’s faces.

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

Their hair was like the hair of women. Their teeth were like the teeth of lions.

9 T hey had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.

Their chests were covered with what looked like pieces of iron. The sound their wings made was like the sound of many wagons rushing to war.

10 T hey have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

They had tails like a small animal that stings. The sting came from their tails. They were given power to hurt men for five months.

11 T hey have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”, but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”.

These locusts have a king over them. He is the head angel of the hole that has no bottom. His name in the Hebrew language is Abbadon. In the Greek language it is Apollyon. (It means the one who destroys.)

12 T he first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

The first time of trouble is past. But see, there are two more times of trouble coming after this. The Sixth Horn—the Angels That Kill

13 T he sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,

The sixth angel blew his horn. I heard a voice coming from the four corners of the altar made of gold that is before God.

14 s aying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, “Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”

The voice said to the sixth angel who had the horn, “Let the four angels loose that have been chained at the big river Euphrates.”

15 T he 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.

They had been kept ready for that hour and day and month and year. They were let loose so they could kill one-third part of all men that were living.

16 T he number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.

The army had 200 million soldiers on horses. I heard them say how many there were.

17 T hus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.

I saw, as God wanted to show me, the horses and the men on them. The men had pieces of iron over their chests. These were red like fire and blue like the sky and yellow like sulphur. The heads of the horses looked like the heads of lions. Fire and smoke and sulphur came out of their mouths.

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

One-third part of all men was killed by the fire and smoke and sulphur that came out of their mouths.

19 F or the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with them they harm.

The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails. Their tails were like the heads of snakes and with them they could bite and kill.

20 T he rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.

The men that were still living after these troubles were past would not turn away from worshiping demons. They would not turn away from false gods made from gold and silver and brass and stone and wood. None of these false gods can see or hear or walk.

21 T hey didn’t repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.

These men were not sorry for their sins and would not turn away from all their killing and their witchcraft. They would not stop their sex sins and their stealing.