Revelation 9:11

Revelation 9:11 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon—the Destroyer.

Context of Revelation 9:11

9And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. 10They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months. And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon. 12One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things. 13Then the sixth angel sounded: And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

Revelation 9:11 word by word

ἔχουσιν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν βασιλέα τὸν ἄγγελον τῆς ἀβύσσου· ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἑβραϊστὶ Ἀβαδδών, καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἑλληνικῇ ὄνομα ἔχει Ἀπολλύων.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• a kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
• overἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the angelὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
• of the bottomless pitἄβυσσοςabussos · abyssG12
• whose nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• in the Hebrew tongueἙβραϊστίHebraisti · HebrewG1447
• AbaddonἈβαδδώνAbaddōn · AbaddonG3
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the Greek tongueἙλληνικός=ἙλληνικόςHellēnikos · GreekG1673
• ApollyonἈπολλύωνApolluōn · ApollyonG623

Cross-references for Revelation 9:11

• Revelation 12:9So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
• John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
• John 14:30I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.
• John 16:11of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
• 2 Corinthians 4:4whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
• Ephesians 2:2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
• 1 John 4:4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
• 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
• Revelation 9:1Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit.
• John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

Commentaries on Revelation 9:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11A king over them - A supreme head; some think Mohammed, some think Vespasian. The angel of the bottomless pit - The chief envoy of Satan. Abaddon - From אבד abad, he destroyed. Apollyon - From , intensive, and , to destroy. The meaning is the same both in the Hebrew and Greek.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And they had a king over them - A ruler who marshalled their hosts. Locusts often, and indeed generally, move in bands, though they do not appear to be under the direction of anyone as a particular ruler or guide. In this case it struck John as a remarkable peculiarity that they had a king - a king who, it would seem, had the absolute control, and to whom was to be traced all the destruction which would ensue from their emerging from the bottomless pit…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The king of the locusts is identified in three ways: as the angel from the bottomless pit, likely different from the fallen star in Revelation 9:1, who unlocked the abyss instead of coming from it; as Abaddon (meaning "destruction"), often associated with death (see Job 28:22; Psalm 88:11); and as Apollyon, the Destroyer (see 1 Corinthians 10:10). Although John does not directly link the devil with this king of the locusts, the prince of demons is…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. And--so Syriac. But A, B, and Aleph, omit "and." had--Greek, "have." a king ... which is the angel--English Version, agreeing with A, Aleph, reads the (Greek) article before "angel," in which reading we must translate, "They have as king over them the angel," &c. Satan (compare Re 9:1). Omitting the article with B, we must translate, "They have as king an angel," &c.: one of the chief demons under Satan: I prefer from Re 9:1, the former. bottomless…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 9:11

• Abaddon
• Apollyon
• Hebrew
• Pit
• Satan
• Trumpet
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Greek
• Bottomless, Pit
• Abaddon
• Angel
• Apollyon
• Asmodaeus
• Authority in Religion
• Destruction
• Government
• Grecians; Greeks

Commentaries on Revelation 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings