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Revelation 9:11

Apollyon

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

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.

12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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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Cross references

  • Job 26:6

    Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

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  • Revelation 9:1–2

    And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

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  • John 16:11

    Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

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  • John 8:44

    Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

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  • John 14:30

    Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:4

    In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

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  • 1 John 5:19

    And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

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  • 1 John 4:4

    Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

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