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Contemporary English Version

Revelation 9:18

One-third of all people were killed by the three terrible troubles caused by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Brimstone;   Cavalry;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Vision;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Seals;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Day of the lord;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Mahometanism;   Order;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Sulfur;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Brimstone;   Plagues of Egypt;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Brimstone ;   Numbers;   Plague;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Abaddon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Revelation of John:;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A third of the human race was killed by these three plagues—by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came from their mouths.
King James Version (1611)
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone which issued out of their mouthes.
King James Version
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
New American Standard Bible
A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire, the smoke, and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.
New Century Version
A third of all the people on earth were killed by these three terrible disasters coming out of the horses' mouths: the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur.
English Standard Version
By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths.
Berean Standard Bible
A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and brimstone that proceeded from their mouths.
Complete Jewish Bible
It was these three plagues that killed a third of mankind — the fire, smoke and sulfur issuing from the horses' mouths.
Darby Translation
By these three plagues were the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which goes out of their mouths.
Easy-to-Read Version
A third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues coming out of the horses' mouths: the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of these three was the thirde part of men killed, that is, of the fire, and of the smoke, and of the brimstone, which came out of their mouthes.
George Lamsa Translation
And by these three plagues, was the third part of men slain, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Good News Translation
A third of the human race was killed by those three plagues: the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur coming out of the horses' mouths.
Lexham English Bible
By these three plagues a third of humanity was killed—by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur that came out of their mouths.
Literal Translation
By these three were killed the third part of men, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone coming out of their mouths.
Amplified Bible
A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone that came from the mouths of the horses.
American Standard Version
By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.
Bible in Basic English
By these evils a third part of men was put to death, by the fire, and the smoke, and the burning smell which came out of their mouths.
Hebrew Names Version
By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
International Standard Version
By these three plagues - the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths - one-third of humanity was killed.
Etheridge Translation
And by these three plagues were the third of men killed; from the fire, and from the smoke, and from the sulphur which went out of their mouths.
Murdock Translation
And by these three plagues, a third part of the men were slain; [fn] by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the sulphur, which issued from their mouths.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of these three was the third part of men kylled [that is to say] of fire, smoke and brymstone, which proceaded out of the mouthes of them.
English Revised Version
By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.
World English Bible
By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
By these three plagues were the third part of men killed, by the fire, and the smoke, and the brimstone which went out of their mouths.
Weymouth's New Testament
By these three plagues a third part of mankind were destroyed--by the fire and the smoke, and by the sulphur which came from their mouths.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Of these thre plagis the thridde part of men was slayn, of the fier, and of the smoke, and of the brymston, that camen out of the mouth of hem.
Update Bible Version
By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.
Webster's Bible Translation
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
New English Translation
A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is, by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths.
New King James Version
By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed--by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.
New Living Translation
One-third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues—by the fire and smoke and burning sulfur that came from the mouths of the horses.
New Life Bible
One-third part of all men was killed by the fire and smoke and sulphur that came out of their mouths.
New Revised Standard
By these three plagues a third of humankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
by these three plagues, were slain, the third part of mankind, by reason of the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, that proceedeth out of their mouths;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And by these three plagues was slain the third part of men, by the fire and by the smoke and by the brimstone which issued out of their mouths.
Revised Standard Version
By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulphur issuing from their mouths.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And of these iii. was the thyrde parte of men kylled: that is to saye of fyre smoke and brymstone which proceded out of the mouthes of them:
Young's Literal Translation
by these three were the third of men killed, from the fire, and from the smoke, and from the brimstone, that is proceeding out of their mouth,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And of these thre was the thirde parte of men kylled: that is to saye, of fyre, smoke, and brymstone, which proceded out of the mouthes of the:
Mace New Testament (1729)
by these three the third part of men were killed, by the fire, by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Simplified Cowboy Version
One out of every three people on earth were killed by these three plagues—fire, smoke, and sulfur which came out of the horse's mouths.

Contextual Overview

13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice speak from the four corners of the gold altar that stands in the presence of God. 14 The voice spoke to this angel and said, "Release the four angels who are tied up beside the great Euphrates River." 15 The four angels had been prepared for this very hour and day and month and year. Now they were set free to kill a third of all people. 16 By listening, I could tell there were more than two hundred million of these war horses. 17 In my vision their riders wore fiery-red, dark-blue, and yellow armor on their chests. The heads of the horses looked like lions, with fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. 18 One-third of all people were killed by the three terrible troubles caused by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur. 19 The horses had powerful mouths, and their tails were like poisonous snakes that bite and hurt. 20 The people who lived through these terrible troubles did not turn away from the idols they had made, and they did not stop worshiping demons. They kept on worshiping idols that were made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood. Not one of these idols could see, hear, or walk. 21 No one stopped murdering or practicing witchcraft or being immoral or stealing.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the third: Revelation 9:15, Revelation 9:17

Reciprocal: Isaiah 42:25 - he knew Revelation 6:8 - over Revelation 14:10 - be Revelation 16:8 - and power

Cross-References

Genesis 9:23
Shem and Japheth put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body.
Genesis 9:25
he said, "I now put a curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest slave of his brothers.
Genesis 9:27
I pray that the Lord will give Japheth more and more land and let him take over the territory of Shem. May Canaan be his slave."
Genesis 10:1
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.
Genesis 10:6
Ham's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, a mighty warrior whose strength came from the Lord . Nimrod is the reason for the saying, "You hunt like Nimrod with the strength of the Lord !" Nimrod first ruled in Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all of which were in Babylonia. From there Nimrod went to Assyria and built the great city of Nineveh. He also built Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, as well as Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah. Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. Canaan's sons were Sidon and Heth. He was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread from the territory of Sidon and went as far as Gaza in the direction of Gerar. They also went as far as Lasha in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And by these three was the third part of men killed,.... The Alexandrian copy, and some others, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, read, "by these three plagues": as the western Roman empire is in the preceding chapter frequently expressed by the third part of several things, see Revelation 8:7; so here the eastern Roman empire by the third part of men; vast numbers of the inhabitants of which were destroyed by the Turks, through the use of guns, out of which issued fire, smoke, and brimstone; and Constantinople, the metropolis of it, was taken in this way, as before observed, with the taking of which the empire ceased.

By the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths; that is, by the firing of guns.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By these three - Three things - explained immediately as referring to the fire, the smoke, and the brimstone.

Was the third part of men killed - See the notes on Revelation 8:7-12, on each of which verses we have notices of calamities that came upon the third part of the race, of the sea, of rivers, etc. We are not to suppose that this is to be taken literally, but the description is given as it appeared to John. Those immense numbers of horsemen would sweep over the world, and a full third part of the race of people would seem to fall before them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 9:18. By these three was the third part of men killed — That is, By these was great carnage made.


 
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