Revelation 9:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.”
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“And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as it were crowns like unto gold, and their faces were as men’s faces.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the likenesses of the locusts <FI>are<Fi> like to horses made ready to battle, and upon their heads as crowns like gold, and their faces as faces of men,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Revelation 9:7 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 7:4The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.
- Daniel 7:8While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
- Joel 2:4Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
- Nahum 3:17Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
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