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.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd the four angels were loosed, that had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.
So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
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;
And the four angels were loosed, who are prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they might slay the third part of men;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both