Discovery BoxRevelation 8:9-10 
Context8:9 and a third of the creatures 1 living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. 2
8:10 Then 3 the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; 4 it landed 5 on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
Revelation 8:12
Context8:12 Then 6 the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day 7 and for a third of the night likewise.
1 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.”
2 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.”
3 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
4 tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
5 tn Grk “fell.”
6 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
7 tn Grk “the day did not shine [with respect to] the third of it.”
