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Revelation 9:11

Apollyon

9 They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.

12 The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.

13 Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

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BSB
They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
KJV
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
WEB
They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon”, but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon”.
ASV
They have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek [tongue] he hath the name Apollyon.
DARBY
They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in Greek he has [for] name Apollyon.
BLB
They have a king over them, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew [is] Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.
ÅB
Til konge over seg har de avgrunnens engel; på hebraisk er hans navn Abaddon, og på gresk har han navnet Apollyon.
OTB
De hadde som konge over seg avgrunnens engel, hvis navn på hebraisk er Abaddon, og på gresk, Apollyon.
B1930
Til konge over sig har de avgrunnens engel; på hebraisk er hans navn Abaddon, og på gresk har han navnet Apollyon.

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  • Job 26:6

    Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

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  • Revelation 9:1–2

    Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.

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  • John 16:11

    and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

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  • John 8:44

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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  • John 14:30

    I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:4

    The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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  • 1 John 5:19

    We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

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  • 1 John 4:4

    You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

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