Revelation 9:12
What does Revelation 9:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Revelation 9:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Revelation 9:12 means
With solemn brevity John notes that the first Woe has passed and two more are coming. The statement functions as a hinge, reminding us that these trumpet judgments escalate in severity and that we are only partway through. The announcement encourages sober reflection: if the fifth trumpet brought unbearable torment without death, the next Woes will not lessen the pressure. God’s judgments are purposeful and progressive, not random. The warning stands as both a pause and a push forward, heightening expectation and dread as the vision advances toward yet greater upheaval.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The first Woe is past: behold, there come yet two Woes hereafter.
KJV
King James Version · 1611One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The first Woe is past: behold, there come yet two Woes hereafter.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The first Trouble is past: see, there are still two Troubles to come.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The first woe did go forth, lo, there come yet two woes after these things.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752One woe is past: and behold there come yet two woes more hereafter.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The first woe has passed. Behold, there come yet two woes after these things.
Context
This verse closes the fifth trumpet sequence (verses 1–11) and sets the reader for the sixth trumpet. The narrative will immediately resume in verse 13 with the sounding of the sixth angel and a command from the golden altar. The structural marker helps readers track the flow: distinct judgments with distinct agents and effects, all within the larger series of seven trumpets, moving history toward God’s appointed climax.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 9:13
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,
- Revelation 8:13
And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.
- Revelation 11:14
The second Woe is past: behold, the third Woe cometh quickly.
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