Revelation 9:15

and loosed were the four messengers, who have been made ready for the hour, and day, and month, and year, that they may kill the third of men;

Young's Literal Translation

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 to the sixth messenger who had the trumpet, 'Loose the four messengers who are bound at the great river Euphrates;'

16and the number of the forces of the horsemen [is] two myriads of myriads, and I heard the number of them.

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Cross References

Revelation 8:9and die did the third of the creatures that [are] in the sea, those having life, and the third of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 9:5and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment [is] as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man;

Revelation 9:18by these three were the third of men killed, from the fire, and from the smoke, and from the brimstone, that is proceeding out of their mouth,

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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