MODERN LITERAL VERSION

8:1 And when he opened the seventh seal, there became a silence in heaven for approximately an half hour.
8:2 And I saw the seven messengers who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

8:3 And another messenger came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer, and much incense was given to him in order that he should give it to the prayers of all the holy-ones upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
8:4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the holy-ones, went up before God out of the messenger's hand.
8:5 And the messenger took the censer, and he filled it from the fire of the altar and cast it upon the earth and there became thunders and voices and lightnings and an earthquake.

8:6 And the seven messengers who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves in order they might sound them.

8:7 And the first trumpet sounded and there became hail and fire, mingled with blood and they were cast upon the earth and one third of the earth was burnt up and one third of the trees was burnt up and all the pale-green grass was burnt up.

8:8 And the second messenger sounded and something like a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea and one third of the sea became blood;
8:9 and one third of the created things, (those who had life), died which were in the sea, and one third of the ships decayed.

8:10 And the third messenger sounded and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch and it fell upon one third of the rivers and upon the springs of the waters;
8:11 and the name of the star is called Wormwood and one third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

8:12 And the fourth messenger sounded and one third of the sun was pounded and one third of the moon and one third of the stars; in order that one third of them should be darkened and the day might not appear for one third of it and the night likewise.

8:13 And I saw and I heard an eagle, flying in mid-heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, to those who are dwelling upon the earth, from the rest of the voices of the trumpet of the three messengers, who are about to sound.