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Rev. 9:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a starm fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.*n

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Rev. 8:10• ¹⁰And the third angel sounded; and there fell out of the heaven a great star burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third of the rivers and upon the fountains of the waters. (Rev. 8:10)

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Luke 10:18• ¹⁸And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall out of heaven. (Luke 10:18)

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Rev. 17:8• ⁸The beast which thou sawest was and is not, and is to rise up out of the abyss and go into perdition: and they shall wonder that dwell on the earth, of whom the name is not written in the book of life from {i}the{/i} world's foundation, when they behold the beast that he was and is not and shall be present. (Rev. 17:8)

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Rev. 20:1• ¹And I saw an angel coming down from the heaven having the key of the abyss, and a great chain upon his hand. (Rev. 20:1)

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Bottomless Pit,

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Pit,

Star

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Ministry on This Verse

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1: At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falls from heaven, to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit.

2-11: He opens the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions.

12: The first woe past.

13: The sixth trumpet sounds.

14-21: Four angels are let loose, that were bound.

the fifth.

Rev. 9:12‑13• ¹²The first woe is past; behold, there come two woes more after these things.
¹³And the sixth angel sounded; and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God, (Rev. 9:12‑13)

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Rev. 8:6‑8,10,12• ⁶And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves that they should sound.
⁷And the first sounded; and there was hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast unto the earth; and the third of the earth was burnt up, and the third of the trees was burnt up, and all the green grass was burnt up.
⁸And the second angel sounded; and as a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea; and the third of the sea became blood:
¹⁰And the third angel sounded; and there fell out of the heaven a great star burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third of the rivers and upon the fountains of the waters.
¹²And the fourth angel sounded; and the third of the sun was smitten and the third of the moon and the third of the stars, that the third of them might be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third thereof and the night likewise. (Rev. 8:6‑8,10,12)

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Rev. 11:14‑15• ¹⁴The second woe is past; behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
¹⁵And the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world hath become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 11:14‑15)

a star.

Rev. 1:20• ²⁰the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest on my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands; the seven stars are angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamp-stands are seven churches. (Rev. 1:20)

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Rev. 8:10• ¹⁰And the third angel sounded; and there fell out of the heaven a great star burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third of the rivers and upon the fountains of the waters. (Rev. 8:10)

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Isa. 14:12• (Isa. 14:12)

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Luke 10:18• ¹⁸And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall out of heaven. (Luke 10:18)

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2 Thess. 2:3‑8• ³Let none deceive you in any way; because [it will not be] except the falling away shall have come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
⁴he that opposeth and exalteth himself exceedingly against every one called god, or object of veneration; so that he sitteth down in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
⁵Remember ye not that, being yet with you, I told you these things?
⁶And now ye know that which restraineth, that he may be revealed in his own season.
⁷For the mystery of lawlessness already worketh: only [there is] one that restraineth now until he be out of the way,
⁸and then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall destroy with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; (2 Thess. 2:3‑8)

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2 Tim. 3:1‑5• ¹But this know, that in [the] last days grievous times shall be there.
²For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
³without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, uncontrolled, fierce, haters of good,
⁴traitors, headstrong, puffed up, pleasure-lovers rather than God-lovers,
⁵having a form of piety, but having denied the power thereof; and from these turn away. (2 Tim. 3:1‑5)

to him.

Rev. 1:18• ¹⁸and the living one: and I was dead, and, behold, I am alive unto the ages of the ages; and I have the keys of death and of hades. (Rev. 1:18)

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Rev. 20:1• ¹And I saw an angel coming down from the heaven having the key of the abyss, and a great chain upon his hand. (Rev. 20:1)

the bottomless.

Rev. 9:2,11• ²And he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke arose out of the pit as the smoke of a great furnace: and the sun was darkened and the air by the smoke of the pit.
¹¹They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew {i}is{/i} Abaddon; and in the Greek he hath {i}the{/i} name Apollyon. (Rev. 9:2,11)

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Rev. 17:8• ⁸The beast which thou sawest was and is not, and is to rise up out of the abyss and go into perdition: and they shall wonder that dwell on the earth, of whom the name is not written in the book of life from {i}the{/i} world's foundation, when they behold the beast that he was and is not and shall be present. (Rev. 17:8)

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Rev. 20:10• ¹⁰And the devil that deceived them was cast also into the lake of fire and brimstone, where also the beast and the false prophet {i}are{/i}; and they shall be tormented day and night unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 20:10)

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Luke 8:31• ³¹And they besought him that he would not command them to go away into the bottomless pit. (Luke 8:31)

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Rom. 10:7• ⁷or, “'Who shall go down into the deep?” that is, to bring up Christ from [the] dead:” (Rom. 10:7)

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Rom. 10• (Rom. 10)

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• The “inhabiters of the earth” is a moral expression, as in Rev. 3:10; the words are the same, though differently translated. They indicate a class; those whose hearts and hopes are set upon earth, those who, in the language of the Apostle Paul, mind earthly things. (“Revelation 9” by E. Dennett)

• If the four previous judgments were providential, though inflicted judicially by God, this, while still under God’s control, is diabolical in its origin and nature. (“Revelation 9” by E. Dennett)

• He opened the bottomless pit — the place where evil is shut up and chained; not where it is punished, that is, the lake of fire. (“Revelation 9” by J.N. Darby)

• Star Fallen from Heaven: An apostate subordinate power. (“Revelation 9 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

• Bottomless Pit [Abyss]: The place where Satanic evil is shut up and chained (Luke 8:31; 2 Pet. 2:4; Rev. 20:1, 3). (“Revelation 9 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the fifth angel sounded his trumpet: and I saw a star out of the heaven fallen tof the earth; and there was given to it the key of the pit of the abyss.

JND Translation Notes

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Eis, as "on," ch. 8, ver. 5.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the fifth angel sounded; and I saw a star fallena out of the heaven unto the earth, and there was given him the key of the pit of the abyssb.

WK Translation Notes

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"Fallen" is right, not "fall," as in the KJV, a fault of rendering rather than of reading.

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Pit "of the abyss" is better than "bottomless pit"; and so throughout.