Revelation 8:9
ContextNET © | and a third of the creatures 1 living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. 2 |
NIV © | a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. |
NASB © | and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed. |
NLT © | And one–third of all things living in the sea died. And one–third of all the ships on the sea were destroyed. |
MSG © | a third of the living sea creatures died, and a third of the ships sank. |
BBE © | And destruction came on a third part of the living things which were in the sea, and on a third part of the ships. |
NRSV © | A third of the sea became blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. |
NKJV © | And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. |
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NET © | and a third of the creatures 1 living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. 2 |
NET © Notes |
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.” |