Revelation 9:11
They have over them, as king, the messenger of the abyss, whose name, in Hebrew, is Abaddon ["=Destroyer"], and, in the Greek, he hath for name, Destroyer.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
12The first, Woe, hath passed away, lo! there come, yet, two, Woes, after these things.
Cross References
Job 26:6Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction;
John 12:31Now, is there, a judging, of this world,—Now, the ruler of this world, shall be cast out;
John 16:11And, concerning judgment, because, the ruler of this world, hath been judged.
Ephesians 2:2In which at one time ye walked, according to the age of the world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, of the spirit that now energiseth in the sons of disobedience,
1 John 5:19We know that, of God, are we; and, the whole world, in the wicked one, is lying.
Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was cast out,—the ancient serpent, he that is called Adversary and the Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable world,—he was cast to the earth, and his messengers, with him, were cast.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:2-13
The Seven Trumpets. ( a. d. 95.) 1 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. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was commanded them that they… Read the whole commentary →