Revelation 8:10
8 Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood,
9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.
12 Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.
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Compare
- BSB
- Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
- KJV
- And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
- WEB
- The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the springs of water.
- ASV
- And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters;
- DARBY
- And the third angel sounded [his] trumpet: and there fell out of the heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters.
- BLB
- And the third angel sounded [his] trumpet, and a great star fell out of heaven, burning as a torch. And it fell upon a third of the rivers and upon the springs of waters.
- ÅB
- Og den tredje engel blåste, og en stor stjerne falt ned fra himmelen, brennende som en fakkel, og den falt på tredjedelen av elvene og på vannkildene.
- OTB
- Den tredje engelen blåste i sin basun, og en stor stjerne, brennende som en fakkel, falt fra himmelen på en tredjedel av elvene og på vannkildene—
- B1930
- Og den tredje engel blåste, og en stor stjerne falt ned fra himmelen, brennende som en fakkel, og den falt på tredjedelen av elvene og på vannkildene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 16:4
And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.
Read in contextRevelation 9:1
Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
Read in contextRevelation 6:13
and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
Read in contextRevelation 14:7
And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
Read in contextRevelation 12:4
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
Read in contextExodus 7:20–21
Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
Read in contextLuke 10:18
So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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