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[a] They had chests like iron breastplates; and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle. [b] 10 They have tails like scorpions with stingers; and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months. 11 They have as king over them the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:9 cf. Joel 1:6.
  2. Revelation 9:10 cf. Jer. 47:3; Joel 2:5.
  3. Revelation 9:11 Both names mean Destroyer; cf. Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Prov. 15:11.