Logos Bible Study

Revelation 9:14–15

The NET BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Greek

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

9:14saying to the sixth angel, the one holding36 the trumpet, “Set free37 the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!” 9:15Then38 the four angels who had been prepared for this39 hour, day,40 month, and year were set free to kill41 a third of humanity.

Read in Logos

Footnotes

  1. 36 Grk “having.”
  2. 37 On λῦσον (luson) λύω 2 states, “set free, loose, untie—a. lit. a pers., animal, or thing that is bound or tied … Angels that are bound Rv 9:14f.”
  3. 38 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
  4. 39 The Greek article τήν (tēn) has been translated with demonstrative force here.
  5. 40 The Greek term καί (kai) has not been translated here and before the following term “month” since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
  6. 41 Grk “so that they might kill,” but the English infinitive is an equivalent construction to indicate purpose here.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

say to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels bound at the great river Euphrates.” So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

And the voice said to the sixth angel who held the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.” Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

saying to the sixth angel, the one who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who have been bound at the great river Euphrates!” And the four angels who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year were released, in order that they should kill a third of humanity.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And 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.

Public Domain