Wahyu 8:5

8:5 Then ¹  the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, ²  flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

Wahyu 8:8-9

8:8 Then ³  the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A ⁴  third of the sea became blood, 8:9 and a third of the creatures ⁵  living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. ⁶ 

Wahyu 8:11

8:11 (Now ⁷  the name of the star is ⁸  Wormwood.) ⁹  So ¹⁰  a third of the waters became wormwood, ¹¹  and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned. ¹² 

[8:5]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:5]  ² tn Or “sounds,” “voices.” It is not entirely clear what this refers to. BDAG 1071 s.v. φωνή 1 states, “In Rv we have ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί (cp. Ex 19:16) 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18 (are certain other sounds in nature thought of here in addition to thunder, as e.g. the roar of the storm?…).”

[8:8]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:8]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:9]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ 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.”

[8:11]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” in keeping with the parenthetical nature of this remark.

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

[8:11]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the star falling on the waters.

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

[8:11]  ¹² tn Grk “and many of the men died from these waters because they were bitter.”