Revelation 9:11 — Bible Verse (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.”

Revelation 9:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Revelation 9:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Revelation 9:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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”.”

Revelation 9:11 — World English Bible

Revelation 9:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Revelation 9:11 — American Standard Version

Revelation 9:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and they have over them a king--the messenger of the abyss--a name <FI>is<Fi> to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon.”

Revelation 9:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Revelation 9:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in Greek he has [for] name Apollyon. ”

Revelation 9:11 — Darby Translation

Revelation 9:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And they haue a King ouer them, which is the Angel of the bottomlesse pit, whose name in Hebrewe is Abaddon, and in Greeke he is named Apollyon, that is, destroying.”

Revelation 9:11 — Geneva Bible

Revelation 9:11 in Context — Revelation 9

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.

11 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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What Does Revelation 9:11 Mean?

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