Revelation 9:2

9:2 He ¹  opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it ²  like smoke from a giant furnace. The ³  sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

Revelation 16:10

16:10 Then ⁴  the fifth angel ⁵  poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that ⁶  darkness covered his kingdom, ⁷  and people ⁸  began to bite ⁹  their tongues because ¹⁰  of their pain.

[9:2]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:2]  ² tn Grk “the shaft,” but since this would be somewhat redundant in English, the pronoun “it” is used here.

[9:2]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[16:10]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[16:10]  ⁵ tn Grk “the fifth”; the referent (the fifth angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:10]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so that” to indicate the implied result of the fifth bowl being poured out.

[16:10]  ⁷ tn Grk “his kingdom became dark.”

[16:10]  ⁸ tn Grk “men,” but this is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") and refers to both men and women.

[16:10]  ⁹ tn On this term BDAG 620 s.v. μασάομαι states, “bite w. acc. τὰς γλώσσας bite their tongues Rv 16:10.”

[16:10]  ¹⁰ tn The preposition ἐκ (ek) has been translated here and twice in the following verse with a causal sense.