^{3 Ref} And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, as scorpions of the earth have authority,

^{4 Ref} and it was said to them that they may not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but -- the men only who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads,

^{5 Ref} and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment `is' as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man;

^{6 Ref} and in those days shall men seek the death, and they shall not find it, and they shall desire to die, and the death shall flee from them.

^{7 Ref} And the likenesses of the locusts `are' like to horses made ready to battle, and upon their heads as crowns like gold, and their faces as faces of men,

^{8 Ref} and they had hair as hair of women, and their teeth were as `those' of lions,

^{9 Ref} and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings `is' as the noise of chariots of many horses running to battle;

^{10 Ref} and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority `is' to injure men five months;

^{11 Ref} and they have over them a king -- the messenger of the abyss -- a name `is' to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon.