Revelation 9:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.”

Revelation 9:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Revelation 9:1 in 6 Bible Translations

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Revelation 9:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.”

Revelation 9:1 — World English Bible

Revelation 9:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of the abyss. ”

Revelation 9:1 — American Standard Version

Revelation 9:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the fifth messenger did sound, and I saw a star out of the heaven having fallen to the earth, and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss,”

Revelation 9:1 — Young's Literal Translation

Revelation 9:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the fifth angel sounded [his] trumpet: and I saw a star out of the heaven fallen to the earth; and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss.”

Revelation 9:1 — Darby Translation

Revelation 9:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the fifth Angel blew the trumpet, and I saw a starre fall from heauen vnto the earth, and to him was giuen the key of the bottomlesse pit.”

Revelation 9:1 — Geneva Bible

Revelation 9:1 in Context — Revelation 9

1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

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What Does Revelation 9:1 Mean?

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