they had chests like iron breastplates; the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle; 10 and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power[a] to harm people for five months. 11 They had as their king[b] the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon,[c] and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:10 Or authority
  2. Revelation 9:11 Or as king over them
  3. Revelation 9:11 Or destruction
  4. Revelation 9:11 Or destroyer

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