Revelation 8:9
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 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;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- KJV
- And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
- WEB
- and one third of the living creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were destroyed.
- ASV
- and there died the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, [even] they that had life; and the third part of the ships was destroyed.
- DARBY
- and the third part of the creatures which were in the sea which had life died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
- BLB
- and a third of the creatures having life in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- ÅB
- og tredjedelen av skapningene i havet, som hadde liv, døde, og tredjedelen av skipene ble ødelagt.
- OTB
- og en tredjedel av skapningene i havet døde, og en tredjedel av skipene ble ødelagt.
- B1930
- og tredjedelen av skapningene i havet, som hadde liv, døde, og tredjedelen av skibene blev ødelagt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 8:7
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:16
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
Read in contextRevelation 16:3
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
Read in contextRevelation 8:12
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Read in contextPsalms 48:7
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
Read in contextRevelation 8:10
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;
Read in contextZechariah 13:8
And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
Read in contextIsaiah 23:1
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
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