Bible Strands
Revelation 9:14
saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God addresses the sixth angel holding the trumpet.
The words — λέγοντα (legonta) translates to "saying" and σάλπιγγα (salpinga) translates to "trumpet," anchoring the command to the specific messenger who bears the instrument.
The thread — The great river Euphrates reappears in Revelation 16:12 during a sixth bowl judgment, is first named in Genesis 2:14 among the primordial waters, and marks a military boundary in 2 Samuel 8:3.
Why it lands — The text records a direct order to release bound angels for a timed execution, establishing that the judgment proceeds from altar command to geographical marker to historical boundary.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Cross-references
- Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
- Genesis 2:14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
- 2 Samuel 8:3 David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
- Revelation 9:15 So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
- Jeremiah 51:63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
- Revelation 7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back its four winds so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree.
- Revelation 8:6 And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
- Revelation 8:2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.