Revelation 9:2

World English Bible (2000)

He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 19:28 : 28 He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
  • Joel 2:2 : 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
  • Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
  • Isa 14:31 : 31 Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
  • Rev 14:11 : 11 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.
  • Gen 15:17 : 17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
  • Exod 10:21-23 : 21 Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt." 22 Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They didn't see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
  • Exod 19:18 : 18 Mount Sinai, all it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
  • Joel 2:30 : 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
  • Acts 2:19 : 19 I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
  • Rev 8:12 : 12 The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.
  • Rev 9:17 : 17 Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.

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  • Rev 9:1
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    1 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.

  • Rev 9:3
    78%

    3 Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

  • Rev 20:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

    2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

    3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.

  • Rev 9:17-18
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    72%

    17 Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.

    18 By these three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
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    9 Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.

  • Ps 18:8-9
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    8 Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

    9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.

  • Rev 8:5
    71%

    5 The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.

  • Rev 8:12
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    12 The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.

  • Rev 6:12
    71%

    12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

  • Rev 9:9-12
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    9 They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.

    10 They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

    11 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon," but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon."

    12 The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

  • Rev 16:8-10
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    8 The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.

    9 People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn't repent and give him glory.

    10 The fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their tongues because of the pain,

  • Rev 17:8
    70%

    8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

  • Rev 11:19
    69%

    19 God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.

  • Rev 15:8
    69%

    8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.

  • Isa 24:17-18
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    17 Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.

    18 It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

  • Rev 13:13
    68%

    13 He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people.

  • Rev 14:11
    68%

    11 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

  • Rev 12:9
    68%

    9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

  • Job 41:20
    68%

    20 Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.

  • Rev 10:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

    2 He had in his hand a little open book. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.

  • Acts 2:19
    68%

    19 I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

  • Rev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.

    10 The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

  • Rev 18:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory.

    2 He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!

  • Rev 11:7
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    7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.

  • Isa 6:4
    68%

    4 The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

  • Isa 5:14
    68%

    14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.

  • Rev 9:5
    68%

    5 They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.

  • Rev 16:2
    67%

    2 The first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.

  • Rev 19:3
    67%

    3 A second said, "Hallelujah! Her smoke goes up forever and ever."

  • Rev 8:10
    67%

    10 The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the springs of the waters.

  • Rev 9:14-15
    2 verses
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    14 saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"

    15 The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.

  • Rev 6:14
    67%

    14 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

  • Rev 8:8
    67%

    8 The second angel sounded, and something like a great burning mountain was thrown into the sea. One third of the sea became blood,

  • Joel 2:30
    67%

    30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.

  • Gen 19:28
    67%

    28 He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

  • Rev 5:2
    67%

    2 I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"