Revelation 9:18
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.
Revelation 9:18 in other translations
| BSB | A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths. |
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| WEB | By these three plagues, one third of mankind was killed: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths. |
| ASV | By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths. |
| YLT | by 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, |
| DARBY | By these three plagues were the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which goes out of their mouths. |
| BBE | By these evils a third part of men was put to death, by the fire, and the smoke, and the burning smell which came out of their mouths. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Revelation 9:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Was the third part of men killed. Rev 8:7-12, on each of which verses we have notices of calamities that came upon the third part of the race, of the sea, of rivers, etc. We are not to suppose that this is to be taken literally, but the description is given as it appeared to John. Those immense numbers of horsemen would sweep over the world, and a full third part of the race of men would seem to fall before them.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Revelation 9:13-21
The sixth angel sounded, and here the power of the Turks seems the subject. Their time is limited. They not only slew in war, but brought a poisonous and ruinous religion. The antichristian generation repented not under these dreadful judgments. From this sixth trumpet learn that God can make one enemy of the church a scourge and a plague to another. The idolatry in the remains of the eastern church and elsewhere…
Revelation 9:18 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Revelation 9:18
- Revelation 9:17
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.
- Revelation 9:15
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.
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Context
- Revelation 9:17
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.
- Revelation 9:18
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.
- Revelation 9:19
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.
Revelation 9:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De estas tres plagas fué muerta la tercera parte de los hombres: del fuego, y del humo, y del azufre, que salían de la boca de ellos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Par ces trois fléaux fut tué le tiers des hommes, par le feu et la fumée et le soufre qui sortent de leur bouche; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Von diesen drei Plagen wurde der dritte Teil der Menschen getötet, von dem Feuer und dem Rauch und dem Schwefel, die aus ihren Mäulern hervorgehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ab his tribus plagis occisa est tertia pars hominum de igne, et de fumo, et sulphure, quæ procedebant de ore ipsorum. |