a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
In context
7The first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. 8The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, blazing with fire, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood, 9a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned to wormwood, and many people died from the waters, because they had been made bitter.
