1 Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.

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 He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke rose out of the shaft like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.

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 Out of the smoke, locusts came down to the earth, and they were given power like that of scorpions on the earth.

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.

4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, any green plant, or any tree, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

5 They were not allowed to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.

And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

6 In those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will desire to die, but death will flee from them.

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7 The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.

And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8 They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle.

And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails, they had power to harm people for five months.

And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

11 They had a king over them, the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, he is called Apollyon (the Destroyer).

And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

12 The first woe has passed. Behold, two more woes are yet to come.

One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

13 Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, 'Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.'

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

15 And the four angels who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year were released to kill a third of humanity.

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.

16 The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.

And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

17 And this is how I saw the horses in my vision: Those who rode them had breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.

And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

18 A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths.

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.

19 For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; their tails were like snakes with heads, and they used them to harm.

For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

20 The rest of humanity, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.

And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.