Revelation 1:16

1:16 He held ¹  seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His ²  face shone like the sun shining at full strength.

Revelation 9:2

9:2 He ³  opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it ⁴  like smoke from a giant furnace. The ⁵  sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

¹ tn Grk “and having.” In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but because contemporary English style employs much shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he.”

² tn This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.

³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁴ tn Grk “the shaft,” but since this would be somewhat redundant in English, the pronoun “it” is used here.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.