^9:2He⁴ opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it⁵ like smoke from a giant furnace. The⁶ sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

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Footnotes

4 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
5 Grk “the shaft,” but since this would be somewhat redundant in English, the pronoun “it” is used here.
6 Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He opened the shaft to the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.

NLTNew Living Translation

When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke went up from the shaft like smoke from a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a 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.

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