Revelation 8:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the water because it was made bitter.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they we made bitter.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters because they were made bitter.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and{G2532} the name{G3686} of the star{G792} is called{G3004} Wormwood:{G894} and{G2532} the third{G5154} part of the waters{G5204} became{G1096} {G1519} wormwood;{G894} and{G2532} many{G4183} men{G444} died{G599} of{G1537} the waters,{G5204} because{G3754} they were made bitter.{G4087}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And{G2532} the name{G3686} of the star{G792} is called{G3004}{(G5743)} Wormwood{G894}: and{G2532} the third part{G5154} of the waters{G5204} became{G1096}{(G5736)}{G1519} wormwood{G894}; and{G2532} many{G4183} men{G444} died{G599}{(G5627)} of{G1537} the waters{G5204}, because{G3754} they were made bitter{G4087}{(G5681)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and the name of the starre is called wormwod. And ye thyrde part was turned to wormwod. And many me dyed of the waters because they were made bytter.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and the name of the starre is called Wormwod. And the thyrde parte of the waters was turned to Wormwod. And many men dyed of the waters, because they were made bytter.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the name of the starre is called wormewood: therefore the thirde part of the waters became wormewood, and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the name of the starre is called wormewood, and the thirde part was turned to wormewood, and many men dyed of the waters, because they were made bitter.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the name of the star is called Wormwood, and the third of the waters doth become wormwood, and many of the men did die of the waters, because they were made bitter.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the name of the star is Wormwood: and a third part of the waters became bitter; and a number of men came to their end because of the waters, for they were made bitter.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    (Now the name of the star is Wormwood.) So a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 9:15 : 15 'I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have finished them off.'
  • Jer 23:15 : 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: Behold, I will make them eat bitter wormwood and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.
  • Exod 15:23 : 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. That is why the place is called Marah.
  • Deut 29:18 : 18 When such a person hears the words of this curse, they may bless themselves in their heart and say, 'I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the destruction of both the well-watered and the dry.
  • Ruth 1:20 : 20 She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.
  • Prov 5:4 : 4 But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
  • Lam 3:5 : 5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
  • Lam 3:19 : 19 Remember my affliction and my wandering—the bitterness and the gall.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground—
  • Amos 6:12 : 12 Do horses run on rocky cliffs? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
  • Rev 8:7 : 7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire, mixed with blood, were thrown down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

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