Revelation 8:5-10

8:5 Then ¹  the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, ²  flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

8:6 Now ³  the seven angels holding ⁴  the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

8:7 The ⁵  first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that ⁶  a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

8:8 Then ⁷  the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A ⁸  third of the sea became blood, 8:9 and a third of the creatures ⁹  living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. ¹⁰ 

8:10 Then ¹¹  the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; ¹²  it landed ¹³  on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

[8:5]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:5]  ² tn Or “sounds,” “voices.” It is not entirely clear what this refers to. BDAG 1071 s.v. φωνή 1 states, “In Rv we have ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί (cp. Ex 19:16) 4:5; 8:5; 11:19; 16:18 (are certain other sounds in nature thought of here in addition to thunder, as e.g. the roar of the storm?…).”

[8:6]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[8:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “having.”

[8:7]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:7]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so that” because what follows has the logical force of a result clause.

[8:8]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:8]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:9]  ⁹ tn Or “a third of the living creatures in the sea”; Grk “the third of the creatures which were in the sea, the ones having life.”

[8:9]  ¹⁰ tn On the term translated “completely destroyed,” L&N 20.40 states, “to cause the complete destruction of someone or something – ‘to destroy utterly.’ τὸ τρίτον τῶν πλοίων διεφθάρησαν ‘a third of the ships were completely destroyed’ Re 8:9.”

[8:10]  ¹¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:10]  ¹² tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[8:10]  ¹³ tn Grk “fell.”