Wahyu 8:6-12

8:6 Now ¹  the seven angels holding ²  the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

8:7 The ³  first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that ⁴  a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

8:8 Then ⁵  the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A ⁶  third of the sea became blood, 8:9 and a third of the creatures ⁷  living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. ⁸ 

8:10 Then ⁹  the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; ¹⁰  it landed ¹¹  on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 8:11 (Now ¹²  the name of the star is ¹³  Wormwood.) ¹⁴  So ¹⁵  a third of the waters became wormwood, ¹⁶  and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned. ¹⁷ 

8:12 Then ¹⁸  the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day ¹⁹  and for a third of the night likewise.

Wahyu 9:1

9:1 Then ²⁰  the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky ²¹  to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. ²² 

Wahyu 9:13-14

9:13 Then ²³  the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the ²⁴  horns on the golden altar that is before God, 9:14 saying to the sixth angel, the one holding ²⁵  the trumpet, “Set free ²⁶  the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!”

Wahyu 11:15

The Seventh Trumpet

11:15 Then ²⁷  the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:

“The kingdom of the world

has become the kingdom of our Lord

and of his Christ, ²⁸ 

and he will reign for ever and ever.”

[8:6]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[8:6]  ² tn Grk “having.”

[8:7]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:7]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so that” because what follows has the logical force of a result clause.

[8:8]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:8]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:9]  ⁷ tn Or “a third of the living creatures in the sea”; Grk “the third of the creatures which were in the sea, the ones having life.”

[8:9]  ⁸ tn On the term translated “completely destroyed,” L&N 20.40 states, “to cause the complete destruction of someone or something – ‘to destroy utterly.’ τὸ τρίτον τῶν πλοίων διεφθάρησαν ‘a third of the ships were completely destroyed’ Re 8:9.”

[8:10]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:10]  ¹⁰ tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[8:10]  ¹¹ tn Grk “fell.”

[8:11]  ¹² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” in keeping with the parenthetical nature of this remark.

[8:11]  ¹³ tn Grk “is called,” but this is somewhat redundant in contemporary English.

[8:11]  ¹⁴ sn Wormwood refers to a particularly bitter herb with medicinal value. According to L&N 3.21, “The English term wormwood is derived from the use of the plant as a medicine to kill intestinal worms.” This remark about the star’s name is parenthetical in nature.

[8:11]  ¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the star falling on the waters.

[8:11]  ¹⁶ tn That is, terribly bitter (see the note on “Wormwood” earlier in this verse).

[8:11]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “and many of the men died from these waters because they were bitter.”

[8:12]  ¹⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:12]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “the day did not shine [with respect to] the third of it.”

[9:1]  ²⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[9:1]  ²¹ tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[9:1]  ²² tn On this term BDAG 2 s.v. ἄβυσσος 2 states, “netherworld, abyss, esp. the abode of the dead Ro 10:7 (Ps 106:26) and of demons Lk 8:31; dungeon where the devil is kept Rv 20:3; abode of the θηρίον, the Antichrist 11:7; 17:8; of ᾿Αβαδδών (q.v.), the angel of the underworld 9:11…φρέαρ τῆς ἀ. 9:1f; capable of being sealed 9:1; 20:1, 3.”

[9:13]  ²³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[9:13]  ²⁴ tc ‡ Several key mss (Ì⁴⁷ א¹ A 0207 1611 2053 2344 pc lat sy^h co) lack the word τεσσάρων (tessarwn, “four”) before κεράτων (keratwn, “horns”). The word seems to have been added by scribes because a “horned” altar (described in the OT [Exod 30:2, 10]) could have only four “horns” or projections at the corners. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[9:14]  ²⁵ tn Grk “having.”

[9:14]  ²⁶ tn On λῦσον (luson) BDAG 606-7 s.v. λύω 2 states, “set free, loose, untie – a. lit. a pers., animal, or thing that is bound or tied…Angels that are bound Rv 9:14f.”

[11:15]  ²⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[11:15]  ²⁸ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”