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10 They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months. 11 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”,[a] but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”.[b] 12 The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:11 “Abaddon” is a Hebrew word that means “ruin”, “destruction”, or “the place of destruction”
  2. 9:11 “Apollyon” means “Destroyer”.

10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.(A) 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,(B) whose name in Hebrew(C) is Abaddon(D) and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.(E)

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