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Revelation 9:15

13 Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

14 saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

16 And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.

17 Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.

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BSB
So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
KJV
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.
WEB
The 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.
ASV
And the four angels were loosed, that had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.
DARBY
And the four angels were loosed, who are prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they might slay the third part of men;
BLB
And the four angels having been prepared for the hour and day and month and year were released, so that they might kill a third of mankind.
ÅB
Og de ble løst, de fire engler som hadde stått ferdige på timen og dagen og måneden og året til å drepe tredjedelen av menneskene.
OTB
De fire englene, som var forberedt for timen, dagen, måneden og året, ble løst for å drepe en tredjedel av menneskene.
B1930
Og de blev løst, de fire engler som hadde stått ferdige på timen og dagen og måneden og året til å drepe tredjedelen av menneskene.

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  • Revelation 9:18

    A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.

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  • Revelation 8:7

    Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.

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  • Revelation 8:9

    a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

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  • Revelation 8:11–12

    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.

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  • Revelation 9:10

    They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

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