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Revelation 8:9

And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

KJV

καὶ ἀπέθανεν τὸ τρίτον τῶν κτισμάτων τῶν ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, τὰ ἔχοντα ψυχάς, καὶ τὸ τρίτον τῶν πλοίων διεφθάρησαν.

Greek NT

et mortua est tertia pars creaturæ eorum, quæ habebant animas in mari, et tertia pars navium interiit.

Vulgate

and there died the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, even they that had life; and the third part of the ships was destroyed.

ASV

And the third part of those creatures died which had life in the sea: and the third part of the ships was destroyed.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

διαφθείρω
diaphtheiro
verb · 6×
θάλασσα
thalassa
noun · 91×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κτίσμα
ktisma
noun · 4×
πλοῖον
ploion
noun · 66×
τρίτος
tritos
adjective · 56×
ψυχή
psuche
noun · 102×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: τῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: τῶν
  • τῶνSBLGNT
  • τῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: διεφθάρησαν | WH/Treg/NIV: διεφθάρησαν | RP: διεφθάρη
  • διεφθάρησανSBLGNT
  • διεφθάρησανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • διεφθάρηRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 2:16 — And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
  • Rev 8:7 — The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
  • Rev 8:10 — And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
  • Rev 8:12 — And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone n
  • Rev 9:15 — And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
  • Rev 11:13 — And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God
  • Rev 16:3 — And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.