8:10 Then 3 the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; 4 it landed 5 on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 8:11 (Now 6 the name of the star is 7 Wormwood.) 8 So 9 a third of the waters became wormwood, 10 and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned. 11
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
2 tn Both here and before the phrase “the third,” καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
4 tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
5 tn Grk “fell.”
5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” in keeping with the parenthetical nature of this remark.
6 tn Grk “is called,” but this is somewhat redundant in contemporary English.
7 sn Wormwood refers to a particularly bitter herb with medicinal value. According to L&N 3.21, “The English term wormwood is derived from the use of the plant as a medicine to kill intestinal worms.” This remark about the star’s name is parenthetical in nature.
8 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the star falling on the waters.
9 tn That is, terribly bitter (see the note on “Wormwood” earlier in this verse).
10 tn Grk “and many of the men died from these waters because they were bitter.”
7 tn The phrase ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ τοῦ καπνοῦ καὶ τοῦ θείου τοῦ ἐκπορευομένου ἐκ τῶν στομάτων αὐτῶν (“by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths”) is taken as epexegetical (explanatory) to the phrase τῶν τριῶν πληγῶν τούτων (“these three plagues”).