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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Revelation 9:15
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These four angels had been kept ready for this hour and day and month and year. The angels were set free to kill a third of all the people on the earth.
So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of mankind.
And the iiii. angelles were loosed which wer prepared for an houre for a daye for a moneth and for a yeare for to slee the thyrde part of me.
The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill one third of mankind.
And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind.
And they let loose the four angels who had been kept ready for this hour and day and month and year so they could kill a third of all people on the earth.
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.
And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to slay the third part of men.
The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill one third of mankind.
And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, to kill the third part of men.
And the four angels who had been kept in readiness for that hour, day, month, and year, were set at liberty, so that they might kill a third part of mankind.
And the foure aungels weren vnboundun, whiche weren redi in to our, and dai, and monethe, and yeer, to sle the thridde part of men.
And the four angels were loosed, which had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.
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.
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.
So the four angels, who had been prepared for the [appointed] hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
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.
And the four angels were made free, who were ready for the hour and day and month and year, that they might put to death a third part of men.
And they were released. These four angels had been kept ready for this moment, for this day and month and year, to kill a third of mankind;
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;
So the four angels who were ready for that hour, day, month, and year were released to kill one-third of humanity.
And the four angels were released, they who were prepared for an hour, and for a day, and for a month, and for a year, to kill the third (part) of men.
And the four angels were loosed; who are prepared, for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to slay the third part of men.
And the foure Angels were loosed, which were prepared for an houre, and a day, and a moneth, and a yeere, for to slay the third part of men.
Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth.
They had been kept ready for that hour and day and month and year. They were let loose so they could kill one-third part of all men that were living.
So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of humankind.
So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
And the foure Angels were loosed, which were prepared at an houre, at a day, at a moneth, and at a yeere, to slay the thirde part of men.
And the four angels were loosed, those which were prepared for that hour, and for that day, and for that month, and for that year, so that they might slay the third part of men.
And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year: for to kill the third part of men.
And the foure angels were loosed, whiche were prepared for an houre, for a day, for a moneth, and for a yere, for to slea the thirde part of men.
The four angels were released; for this very hour of this very day of this very month and year they had been kept ready to kill a third of all the human race.
So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race.
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.
And the four angels who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year were released, in order that they should kill a third of humanity.
And the four angels were released, those having been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.
and loosed were the four messengers, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of men;
And ye foure angels were lowsed, which were prepared for an houre, for a daye, for a moneth, and for a yeare, for to slee the thyrde parte of men.
and the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, to slay the third part of men.
The Four Angels were untied and let loose, Four Angels all prepared for the exact year, month, day, and even hour when they were to kill a third of the human race. The number of the army of horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard the count and saw both horses and riders in my vision: fiery breastplates on the riders, lion heads on the horses breathing out fire and smoke and brimstone. With these three weapons—fire and smoke and brimstone—they killed a third of the human race. The horses killed with their mouths and tails; their serpentlike tails also had heads that wreaked havoc.
Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour, day, month, and year were set free to kill a third of humanity.
So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
These four angel's shackles were cut loose. It is their day. It is their hour. It is the minute they were made for. Their mission, their only mission, is to kill a third of the human race.
And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
for: or, at
an hour: Revelation 9:5, Revelation 9:10
for to: Revelation 9:18, Revelation 8:7, Revelation 8:9, Revelation 8:11, Revelation 8:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:32 - established by Ezekiel 4:6 - each day for a year Hosea 6:5 - I have Revelation 6:8 - over Revelation 9:14 - loose
Cross-References
And God spake unto Noah, and unto his sons with him saying:
and with every living soul that is with you, of birds, of tame-beasts and of all wild-beasts of the earth that are with you, - of all coming forth out of the ark, even to all wild-beasts of the earth;
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulderpieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, - so shall Aaron bear their names before Yahweh upon his two shoulders, for a memorial.
So then, thou must know that, Yahweh thy God, he, is God, - the faithful GOD, keeping his covenant and his lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations
and said - O Yahweh, God of Israel! Not like thee, is there a God, in the heavens above, or upon the earth beneath, - keeping Covenant and Lovingkindness for thy servants who are walking before thee, with all their heart;
Now, therefore, O our God - the GOD great, mighty, and fearful - keeping the covenant and the lovingkindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, which hath come upon us - on our kings, on our rulers, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, - from the days of the kings of Assyria, until this day.
Then remembered he, for them, his covenant, and was moved to pity, according to the abounding of his lovingkindnesses;
Do not despise - for the sake of thy Name, Do not treat with contempt - the throne of thy glory, - Remember! - do not break thy covenant with us.
Therefore will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, - And will establish for thee a covenant age-abiding.
To perform mercy with our fathers, and to be mindful of his holy covenant, -
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the four angels were loosed,.... The time being come, fixed by the decrees of God, making use of the Turks for the destruction of the eastern empire, the restraints of divine Providence were taken off from them, and they were suffered to pass the river Euphrates; they were let loose like so many furies, and in a little time overran and destroyed the whole empire, and settled their own, now called the Turkish or Ottoman empire; and which was done about the year 1301.
Which were prepared for an hour and a day, and a month, and a year,
for to slay the third part of men; which may in general denote their readiness, vigilance, and quick dispatch: they lay for a good while hovering over the banks of the river Euphrates, as if they were waiting for an order, or a commission to go over it: they were ready not only at a year's, a month's, a day's, but at an hour's warning, and all of them together; and as soon as ever they had the divine permission, they lost no time; they improved every opportunity, every year, every month, every day, every hour, to settle and enlarge their dominions to the ruin of others; and in a very short time did they accomplish what they desired: though others think this refers to a certain time fixed by God, in which they should be employed in killing men; and the sense is, that these people were prepared in the purposes and decrees of God, or were appointed for such a length of time here signified, by several dates, in which they should destroy a large multitude of men, by way of punishment for their idolatries, murders, sorceries, fornication, and thefts, Revelation 9:20. An hour, which is the twenty fourth of a day or year, in the prophetic style, is fifteen days, and a day is a year, and a month is thirty years, and a year is three hundred sixty five years and a quarter, or ninety one days; in all, three hundred and ninety six years, and a hundred and six days; which is the precise time between A. D. 1057, when the Turkish empire begun, the empire of the Saracens being entirely demolished by Togrul Beg, or Tangrolipix, and A. D. 1453, in which year Constantinople was taken by the Turks, and an end put to the eastern Roman empire, signified by the third part of men; or else this space of time may be reckoned from the date of Ottoman's reign, May 19, 1301, which, to September 1, 1697, is just this term of time, when Prince Eugene obtained a remarkable victory over the Turks, the effect of which was the peace at Carlowitz the next year, since which time the Turks have done but little in Europe: and by this it should seem that their time of killing men here is over, and that their own destruction is hastening on. Mr. Daubuz rejects these computations, since a prophetic year consists of 360 days or years, and not 365, as those suppose; and thinks there is no mystery in these dates, and only signify the angels' unanimous execution of their commission at once.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And the four angels were loosed - Who had this mighty host under restraint. The loosening of the angels was, in fact, also a letting loose of all these hosts, that they might accomplish the work which they were commissioned to do.
Which were prepared - See Revelation 9:7. The word used here properly refers to what is made ready, suited up, arranged for anything: as persons prepared for a journey, horses for battle, a road for travelers, food for the hungry, a house to live in, etc. See Robinson’s Lexicon, sub. voce Ἑτοιμάζω Hetoimazō. As used here, the word means “that whatever was necessary to prepare these angels” - the leaders of this host - for the work which they were commissioned to perform, was now done, and that they stood in a state of readiness to execute the design. In the fulfillment of this it will be necessary to look for some arrangements existing in the vicinity of the Euphrates, by which these restrained hosts were in a state of readiness to be summoned forth to the execution of this work, or in such a condition that they would go forth spontaneously if the restraints existing were removed.
For an hour, ... - Margin, “at.” The Greek - εἰς eis - means properly “unto, with reference to”; and the sense is, that, with reference to that hour, they had all the requisite preparation. Prof. Stuart explains it as meaning that they were “prepared for the particular year, month, day, and hour, destined by God for the great catastrophe which is to follow.” The meaning, however, rather seems to be that they were prepared, not for the commencement of such a period, but they were prepared for the whole period indicated by the hour, the day, the month, and the year; that is, that the continuance of this “woe” would extend along through the whole period. For:
(a)This is the natural interpretation of the word “for” - εἰς eis;
(b)It makes the whole sentence intelligible - for though it might be proper to say of anything that it was “prepared for an hour,” indicating the commencement of what was to be done, it is not usual to say of anything that it is “prepared for an hour, a month, a day, a year,” when the design is merely to indicate the beginning of it; and,
(c)It is in accordance with the prediction respecting the first “woe” Revelation 9:5, where the time is specified in language similar to this, to wit, “five months.” It seems to me, therefore, that we are to regard the time here mentioned as a prophetic indication of the period during which this woe would continue.
An hour, and a day, and a month, and a year - If this were to be taken literally, it would, of course, be but little more than a year. If it be taken, however, in the common prophetic style, where a day is put for a year (see the notes on Daniel 9:24 ff; also Editor’s Preface, p. xxv. etc.), then the amount of time (360 + 30 + 1 + an hour) would be 391 years, and the portion of a year indicated by an hour - a twelfth part or twenty-fourth part, according as the day was supposed to be divided into twelve or twenty-four hours. That this is the true view seems to be clear, because this accords with the usual style in this book; because it can hardly be supposed that the “preparation” here referred to would have been for so brief a period as the time would be if literally interpreted; and because the mention of so small a portion of time as an “hour,” if literally taken, would be improbable in so great transactions. The fair interpretation, therefore, will require us to find some events that will fill up the period of about 391 years.
For to slay the third part of men - Compare Revelation 8:7, Revelation 8:9,Revelation 8:12. The meaning here is, that the immense host which was restrained on the Euphrates would, when loosed, spread desolation over about a third part of the world. We are not to suppose that this is to be understood in exactly a literal sense; but the meaning is, that the desolation would be so widespread that it would seem to embrace a third of the world. No such event as the cutting off of a few thousands of Jews in the siege of Jerusalem would correspond with the language here employed, and we must look for events more general and more disastrous to mankind at large.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 9:15. For an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year — We have in this place a year resolved into its component parts. Twenty-four hours constitute a day, seven days make a week, four weeks make a month, and twelve months make a year. Probably no more is meant than that these four angels were at all times prepared and permitted to inflict evil on the people against whom they had received their commission. There are some who understand these divisions of time as prophetical periods, and to these I must refer, not professing to discuss such uncertainties.
