Revelation 8:9 - New American Bible - revised edition

a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were wrecked.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And a third of the sea was turned to blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea perished, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

American Standard Version (1901)

and there died the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, even they that had life; and the third part of the ships was destroyed.

Common English Bible

a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And a third part of the creatures that were living in the sea died. And a third part of the ships were destroyed.