Revelation 9:14-15

9:14 saying to the sixth angel, the one holding ¹  the trumpet, “Set free ²  the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!” 9:15 Then ³  the four angels who had been prepared for this ⁴  hour, day, ⁵  month, and year were set free to kill ⁶  a third of humanity.

[9:14]  ¹ tn Grk “having.”

[9:14]  ² tn On λῦσον (luson) BDAG 606-7 s.v. λύω 2 states, “set free, loose, untie – a. lit. a pers., animal, or thing that is bound or tied…Angels that are bound Rv 9:14f.”

[9:15]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[9:15]  ⁴ tn The Greek article τήν (thn) has been translated with demonstrative force here.

[9:15]  ⁵ tn The Greek term καί (kai) has not been translated here and before the following term “month” since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

[9:15]  ⁶ tn Grk “so that they might kill,” but the English infinitive is an equivalent construction to indicate purpose here.