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Revelation 9:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
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Quick Meaning
This verse sounds the sixth trumpet and hears a voice from the golden altar.
Read It With
- Revelation 9:13-21
Read Revelation 9:13 with 9:13-21. This verse sounds the sixth trumpet and hears a voice from the golden altar. The complete unit's controlling movement is: Four Euphrates angels and an immense mounted force kill a third, yet survivors do not turn from idolatry, murder, sorcery, sexual wrongdoing, or theft.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The preceding movement establishes: Revelation 9:1-12 established this prior movement: The fifth trumpet opens the abyss and releases composite locusts that may torment but not kill unsealed people for five months under the Destroyer. This unit then contributes: Four Euphrates angels and an immense mounted force kill a third, yet survivors do not turn from idolatry, murder, sorcery, sexual wrongdoing, or theft. The following movement develops: Revelation 10:1-11 continues the book through this next movement: A mighty angel spans sea and land, the seven thunders remain sealed, delay ends at the seventh trumpet, and John eats the sweet-bitter scroll before receiving a renewed international prophetic commission. At Revelation 9:13, this verse sounds the sixth trumpet and hears a voice from the golden altar.
What Remains True
Revelation 9:13 shows that sounds the sixth trumpet and hears a voice from the golden altar; its faithful force remains governed by creator worship, the slain Lamb, truthful witness, patient endurance, justice, and new creation.
How It Can Shape Life
- Use Revelation 9:13 by attending to its actual contribution: it sounds the sixth trumpet and hears a voice from the golden altar. Before a modern analogy, explain this role inside Revelation 9:13-21, state the unit's uncertainty or first-century control, and refuse unsupported mapping or coercive imitation.
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Read Revelation 9:13-21 — The Sixth Trumpet Exposes Death without RepentanceSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete coverage.
Exact location: Revelation 9:13-21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Revelation.txt, 9:13-21
Open the Revelation Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Revelation with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual variants, imagery, cross-references, and stated alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Revelation PDF, printed pp. 2408–2447, 9:13-21 and attached translator/textual notes
Open the official NET Revelation PDF ↗