Revelation 9:18

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.

KJV

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.

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.

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.

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ἀπὸ apo by G575 τῶν tōn (the) G3588 τριῶν triōn three G5140 πληγῶν plēgōn plagues G4127 τούτων toutōn these G3778 ἀπεκτάνθησαν apektanthēsan was killed G615 τὸ to (the) G3588 τρίτον triton a third G5154 τῶν tōn (the) G3588 ἀνθρώπων anthrōpōn of mankind G444 ἐκ ek by G1537 τοῦ tou the G3588 πυρὸς puros fire G4442 καὶ kai and G2532 ἐκ ek from G1537 τοῦ tou the G3588 καπνοῦ kapnou smoke G2586 καὶ kai and G2532 ἐκ ek from G1537 τοῦ tou the G3588 θείου theiou brimstone G2303 τοῦ tou which G3588 ἐκπορευομένου ekporeuomenou is proceeding G1607 ἐκ ek out of G1537 τῶν tōn the G3588 στομάτων stomatōn mouths G4750 αὐτῶν autōn of them G846

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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, and the sins of professed Christians, render this prophecy and its fulfilment more wonderful. And the attentive reader of Scripture and history, may find his faith and hope strengthened by events, which in other respects fill his heart with anguish and his eyes with tears, while he sees that men who escape these plagues, repent not of their evil works, but go on with idolatries, wickedness, and cruelty, till wrath comes upon them to the utmost.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.