9:3 |
tNIV | And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. | And out of the smoke locusts came down upon on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. | And out of the smoke locusts came down upon on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. |
9:5 |
tNIV | They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. | They were not given power allowed to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. | They were not given power allowed to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. |
9:6 |
tNIV | During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. | During those days men people will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. | During those days men people will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. |
9:10 |
tNIV | They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. | They had tails and stings with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. | They had tails and stings with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. |
9:11 |
tNIV | They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. | They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Apollyon Destroyer). | They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Apollyon Destroyer). |
9:13 |
tNIV | The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the horns of the golden altar that is before God. | The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. | The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God. |
9:15 |
NIV1984 | 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. | 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 the world’s people. | 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. |
9:16 |
NIV2011 | The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number. | The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number. | The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number. |
9:18 |
NIV1984 | A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. | A third of mankind was the people were killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. | A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths. |
9:20 |
NIV2011 | The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. | The rest of mankind that the people who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. | The rest of mankind that who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. |