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Original Greek   
καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀστέρος λέγεται· ⸀ὁ Ἄψινθος. καὶ ἐγένετο τὸ τρίτον τῶν ὑδάτων εἰς ἄψινθον, καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀπέθανον ἐκ τῶν ὑδάτων, ὅτι ἐπικράνθησαν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai to onoma tou asteros legetai* ro Apsinthos. kai egeneto to triton ton udaton eis apsinthon, kai polloi ton anthropon apethanon ek ton udaton, oti epikranthesan.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et nomen stellae dicitur Absinthius et facta est tertia pars aquarum in absinthium et multi hominum mortui sunt de aquis quia amarae factae sunt

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Authorized (King James) Version   
and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
New King James Version   
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.
21st Century King James Version   
and the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And the name of the star is called Absinthian and a third of the water became like Absinthe and a multitude of people died because the waters were made toxic.
Darby Bible Translation   
And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and the third part of the waters became wormwood, and many of the men died of the waters because they were made bitter.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.
God's Word   
That star was named Wormwood. One-third of the water turned into wormwood, and many people died from this water because it had turned bitter.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood. So, many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.
International Standard Version   
The name of the star is Wormwood. One-third of the water turned into wormwood, and many people died from the water because it had turned bitter.
NET Bible   
(Now the name of the star is Wormwood.) So a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned.
New American Standard Bible   
The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
New International Version   
the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
New Living Translation   
The name of the star was Bitterness. It made one-third of the water bitter, and many people died from drinking the bitter water.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died by the waters, because they were made bitter.
Weymouth New Testament   
The name of the star is 'Wormwood;' and a third part of the waters were turned into wormwood, and vast numbers of the people died from drinking the water, because it had become bitter.
The World English Bible   
The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The name of the star means ‘It tastes bad’. A third of the water on the earth became bad. Many people died because they drank that bad water.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and the name of the star is called Wormwood, and the third of the waters doth become wormwood, and many of the men did die of the waters, because they were made bitter.
New Life Version   
The name of the star is Wormwood. One-third part of the water became poison. Many men died from drinking the water because it had become poison.
Revised Geneva Translation   
And the name of the star is called Wormwood. Therefore, a third of the waters became wormwood. And many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
The Voice Bible   
The third messenger sounded his trumpet, and a great star called Wormwood dropped out of heaven, flaming like a torch as it fell on one-third of the rivers and the springs. As a result, one-third of the waters turned bitter like the herb wormwood so that many people died from the poisonous bitter waters.
Living Bible   
The star was called “Bitterness” because it poisoned a third of all the water on the earth and many people died.
New Catholic Bible   
This star was called “Wormwood,” and a third of the waters turned to wormwood. Great numbers of people died from the waters that had become bitter.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
and the name of the star is called Wormwood; and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters because they were made bitter.
Christian Standard Bible   
The name of the star is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood. So, many of the people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And the name of the star is Wormwood. A third part of the waters was changed into wormwood, and many people died from using the water, because it had become bitter.
New Century Version   
The name of the star is Wormwood. And a third of all the water became bitter, and many people died from drinking the water that was bitter.
The Message   
The third Angel trumpeted. A huge Star, blazing like a torch, fell from Heaven, wiping out a third of the rivers and a third of the springs. The Star’s name was Wormwood. A third of the water turned bitter, and many people died from the poisoned water.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The name of the star was Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood. Many of the people died from these waters because they had been made bitter.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
· The name of the star is · Wormwood. · A third of the waters became wormwood, and many · people died from the waters because they had been made bitter.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water, because it was made bitter.
New Matthew Bible   
And the name of the star is called wormwood. And the third part of the waters was turned to wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
Good News Translation®   
(The name of the star is “Bitterness.”) A third of the water turned bitter, and many people died from drinking the water, because it had turned bitter.
Wycliffe Bible   
And the name of the star is said Wormwood. And the third part of waters was made into wormwood; and many men were dead of the waters, for those were made bitter [for they be made bitter].
New Testament for Everyone   
The name of the star is Poisonwood: a third of the waters turned to poison, and many people died because of the waters that had become bitter.
Contemporary English Version   
The name of the star was Bitter, and a third of the water turned bitter. Many people died because the water was so bitter.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died of the water, because it was made bitter.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then the third angel blew his trumpet and there fell from the sky a huge star blazing like a torch. It fell upon a third of the rivers and springs of water. The name of the star is said to be Apsinthus. A third of all the waters turned into wormwood, and many people died because the waters had become so bitter.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water because it was made bitter.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water, because it was made bitter.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The star’s name is Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it became so bitter.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
The name of the star is Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters, because they had become bitter (toxic).
English Standard Version Anglicised   
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The star was called “Wormwood,” and a third of all the water turned to wormwood. Many people died from this water, because it was made bitter.
New American Standard Bible   
The star is named Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they were made bitter.
The Expanded Bible   
[L And] The name of the star is Wormwood [C a plant with a greenish, bitter oil; a symbol of bitter sorrow; Prov. 5:4; Jer. 9:15; 23:15]. And a third of all the water became ·bitter [L wormwood; C again an allusion to the first Egyptian plague], and many people died from ·drinking the water [L the water] that ·was [became; was made] bitter.
Tree of Life Version   
Now the name of the star is Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters that were made bitter.
Revised Standard Version   
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died of the water, because it was made bitter.
New International Reader's Version   
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the water turned bitter. Many people died from it.
BRG Bible   
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The name of the star was “Bitterness,” and a third of the water became bitter, and many people died from the water that had been turned bitter.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
The name of the star is Bitter. A third part of the water became bitter. Many men died because the water was made bad to drink.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water, because it was made bitter.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And the name of the kokhav (star) is said to be "Wormwood," and a third of the mayim became bitter wormwood, and many of the Bnei Adam died from the mayim because the mayim were made bitter. [YIRMEYAH 9:15, 23:15]
Names of God Bible   
That star was named Wormwood. One-third of the water turned into wormwood, and many people died from this water because it had turned bitter.
Modern English Version   
The name of this star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The name of the star was Bitterness. And a third of all the water became bitter. Many people died from drinking this bitter water.
International Children’s Bible   
The name of the star is Wormwood. And a third of all the water became bitter. Many people died from drinking the water that was bitter.
Lexham English Bible   
And the name of the star was called Wormwood, and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they were made bitter.
New International Version - UK   
the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third of the waters became wormwood. And many of the people died from the waters, because they were made-bitter.