KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
WEB World English Bible
They had breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war.
ASV American Standard Version
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 rushing to war.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Revelation 9
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads [were] as it were crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [the teeth] of lions.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandεἶχονG2192 · echōto have/beθώρακαςG2382 · thōraxbreastplateὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenθώρακαςG2382 · thōraxbreastplateσιδηροῦς,G4603 · sidēreosironκαὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoφωνὴG5456 · phōnēvoice/sound: voiceτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπτερύγωνG4420 · pteruxwingαὐτῶνG846 · autosit/s/heὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenφωνὴG5456 · phōnēvoice/sound: voiceἁρμάτωνG716 · harmachariotἵππωνG2462 · hipposhorseπολλῶνG4183 · polusmuchτρεχόντωνG5143 · trechōto runεἰςG1519 · eistowardπόλεμον.G4171 · polemoswar
Cross-references
Joel 2:5-8Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.Nahum 2:4-5The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.Job 40:18His bones [are as] strong pieces of brass; his bones [are] like bars of iron.Revelation 9:17And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses [were] as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.Job 39:25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.Job 41:23-30The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.Isaiah 9:5For every battle of the warrior [is] with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but [this] shall be with burning [and] fuel of fire.
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