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.

Cross References

Psalm 48:7

Trembling seized them there, anguish, like a woman’s labor,

Exodus 7:21

The fish in the Nile died, and the Nile itself stank so that the Egyptians could not drink water from it. There was blood throughout the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 2:16

Against all the ships of Tarshish and all stately vessels.

Isaiah 23:1

Oracle on Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your port is destroyed; From the land of the Kittim the news reaches them.

Zechariah 13:8

In all the land—oracle of the Lord— two thirds of them will be cut off and perish, and one third will be left.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the one third through the fire; I will refine them as one refines silver, and I will test them as one tests gold. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them; I will say, “They are my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”

Revelation 12:4

Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth.

Revelation 16:3

The second angel poured out his bowl on the sea. The sea turned to blood like that from a corpse; every creature living in the sea died.

Revelation 8:10

When the third angel blew his trumpet, a large star burning like a torch fell from the sky. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Revelation 8:12

When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, a third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them became dark. The day lost its light for a third of the time, as did the night.

Revelation 8:7

When the first one blew his trumpet, there came hail and fire mixed with blood, which was hurled down to the earth. A third of the land was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all green grass.

Revelation 9:15

So the four angels were released, who were prepared for this hour, day, month, and year to kill a third of the human race.

Revelation 9:18

By these three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that came out of their mouths a third of the human race was killed.