Revelation 9:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he made the great deep open and a smoke went up from it, like the smoke of a great oven; and the sun and the air were made dark because of the smoke.

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  • Gen 19:28 : 28 And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.
  • Joel 2:2 : 2 For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.
  • Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:
  • Isa 14:31 : 31 Send out a cry, O door! Make sounds of sorrow, O town! All your land has come to nothing, O Philistia; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and everyone keeps his place in the line.
  • Rev 14:11 : 11 And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.
  • Gen 15:17 : 17 Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
  • Exod 10:21-23 : 21 And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark. 22 And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days; 23 They were not able to see one another, and no one got up from his place for three days: but where the children of Israel were living it was light.
  • Exod 19:18 : 18 And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.
  • Acts 2:19 : 19 And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke:
  • Rev 8:12 : 12 And at the sounding of the fourth angel, a third part of the sun, and of the moon, and of the stars was made dark, so that there was no light for a third part of the day and of the night.
  • Rev 9:17 : 17 And so I saw the horses in the vision, and those who were seated on them, having breastplates of fire and glass and of burning stone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and a smell of burning.

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    1 And at the sounding of the fifth angel I saw a star falling from heaven to the earth: and there was given to him the key of the great deep.

  • Rev 9:3
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    3 And from the smoke locusts came out on the earth; and power was given them, like the power of scorpions.

  • Rev 20:1-3
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    1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand.

    2 And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,

    3 And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.

  • Rev 9:17-18
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    17 And so I saw the horses in the vision, and those who were seated on them, having breastplates of fire and glass and of burning stone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and a smell of burning.

    18 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.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
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    9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

  • Ps 18:8-9
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    8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

    9 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

  • Rev 8:5
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    5 And the angel took the vessel; and he made it full of the fire of the altar, and sent it down on the earth: and there came thunders and voices and flames and a shaking of the earth.

  • Rev 8:12
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    12 And at the sounding of the fourth angel, a third part of the sun, and of the moon, and of the stars was made dark, so that there was no light for a third part of the day and of the night.

  • Rev 6:12
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    12 And I saw when the sixth stamp was undone, and there was a great earth-shock; and the sun became black as haircloth, and all the moon became as blood;

  • Rev 9:9-12
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    9 And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight.

    10 And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.

    11 They have over them as king the angel of the great deep: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek language Apollyon.

    12 The first Trouble is past: see, there are still two Troubles to come.

  • Rev 16:8-10
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    8 And the fourth let what was in his vessel come out on the sun; and power was given to it that men might be burned with fire.

    9 And men were burned with great heat: and they said evil things against the name of the God who has authority over these punishments; and they were not turned from their evil ways to give him glory.

    10 And the fifth let what was in his vessel come out on the high seat of the beast; and his kingdom was made dark; and they were biting their tongues for pain.

  • Rev 17:8
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    8 The beast which you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the great deep, and to go into destruction. And those who are on the earth, whose names have not been put in the book of life from the first, will be full of wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and still will be.

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    19 And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.

  • Rev 15:8
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    8 And the house of God was full of smoke from the glory of God, and from his power, and no one was able to go into the house of God, till the seven punishments of the seven angels were ended.

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    17 Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.

    18 And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.

  • Rev 13:13
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    13 And he does great signs, even making fire come down from heaven on the earth before the eyes of men.

  • Rev 14:11
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    11 And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.

  • Rev 12:9
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    9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.

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    20 A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

  • Rev 10:1-2
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    2 And he had in his hand a little open book: and he put his right foot on the sea, and his left on the earth;

  • Acts 2:19
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    19 And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke:

  • Rev 20:9-10
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    9 And they went up over the face of the earth, and made a circle about the tents of the saints, and the well loved town: and fire came down out of heaven for their destruction.

    10 And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever.

  • Rev 18:1-2
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    68%

    1 After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was bright with his glory.

    2 And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.

  • Rev 11:7
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    7 And when they have come to the end of their witness, the beast which comes up out of the great deep will make war on them and overcome them and put them to death.

  • Isa 6:4
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    4 And the bases of the door-pillars were shaking at the sound of his cry, and the house was full of smoke.

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  • Rev 9:5
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    5 And orders were given them not to put them to death, but to give them great pain for five months: and their pain was as the pain from the wound of a scorpion.

  • Rev 16:2
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    2 And the first went, and let what was in his vessel come down on the earth; and it became an evil poisoning wound on the men who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image.

  • Rev 19:3
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    3 And again they said, Praise to the Lord. And her smoke went up for ever and ever.

  • Rev 8:10
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    10 And at the sounding of the third angel, there went down from heaven a great star, burning like a flame, and it came on a third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of water.

  • Rev 9:14-15
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    14 Saying to the sixth angel who had the horn, Make free the four angels who are chained at the great river Euphrates.

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    14 And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.

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    8 And at the sounding of the second angel, it was as if a great mountain burning with fire was sent into the sea: and a third part of the sea became blood,

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    28 And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.

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    2 And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?