they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was (A)like the noise of many chariots with (B)horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people (C)for five months is in their tails. 11 They have (D)as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is (E)Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.[a]

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Footnotes

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

They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.(A) 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.(B) 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,(C) whose name in Hebrew(D) is Abaddon(E) and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

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