Revelation 9:15

And the four messengers were loosed, who had been prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they should slay the third of men.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14saying unto the sixth messenger, who was holding the trumpet—Loose the four messengers, who are bound at the great river Euphrates.

16And, the number of the armies of the horsemen, was twice ten thousand times ten thousand—I heard the number of them.

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Cross References

Revelation 8:9and the third of the creatures which were in the sea, which had life, died, the third of the ships, was destroyed.

Revelation 9:5And it was given unto them, that they should not slay them, but that they should be tormented five months; and, the torture of them, was as of a scorpion’s torture, whensoever it smiteth a man.

Revelation 9:18by these three plagues, were slain, the third part of mankind, by reason of the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, that proceedeth out of their mouths;

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:14-21

The Seventh Trumpet. ( a. d. 95.) 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 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 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 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of… Read the whole commentary →

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