Revelation 8:7-10

8:7 The ¹  first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that ²  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 ³  the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A ⁴  third of the sea became blood, 8:9 and a third of the creatures ⁵  living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. ⁶ 

8:10 Then ⁷  the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; ⁸  it landed ⁹  on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

[8:7]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:7]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so that” because what follows has the logical force of a result clause.

[8:8]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:8]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[8:9]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

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

[8:10]  ⁹ tn Grk “fell.”