Bible verse
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.
Revelation 9:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Revelation 9.
11 They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
12 The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.
13 Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
14 saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
15 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.
16 And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.
17 Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
18 A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
19 For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.
KJV
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.
ASV
And 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.
ERV
And the four angels were loosed, which had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.
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