(A)In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: (B)on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were (C)like human faces, their hair like women's hair, and (D)their teeth like lions' teeth; they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was (E)like the noise of many chariots with (F)horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people (G)for five months is in their tails. 11 They have (H)as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is (I)Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:11 Abaddon means destruction; Apollyon means destroyer

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