Revelation 9:7
The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And the shapes of the locusts we like unto horses ppad unto battle; and on their heads we as it we crowns like gold, and their faces we as the faces of men.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads were crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
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King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And{G2532} the shapes{G3667} of the locusts{G200} were like{G3664} unto horses{G2462} prepared{G2090}{(G5772)} unto{G1519} battle{G4171}; and{G2532} on{G1909} their{G846} heads{G2776} were as it were{G5613} crowns{G4735} like{G3664} gold{G5557}, and{G2532} their{G846} faces{G4383} were as{G5613} the faces{G4383} of men{G444}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
And the similitude of the locustes was lyke vnto horses prepared vnto battayll and on their heddes were as it were crownes lyke vnto golde: and their faces were as it had bene the faces of men.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the similitude of the locustes was lyke vnto horses prepared vnto battayll, and on their heades were as it were crownes, lyke vnto golde: and their faces were as it had bene the faces of men.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the forme of the locustes was like vnto horses prepared vnto battel, and on their heads were as it were crownes, like vnto golde, and their faces were like the faces of men.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the similitude of the locustes was like vnto horses prepared vnto battayle, and on their heades were as it were crownes lyke vnto golde, and their faces were as it had ben the faces of men.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people's faces.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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,
American Standard Version (1901)
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 (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the forms of the locusts were like horses made ready for war; and on their heads they had crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
World English Bible (2000)
The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people's faces.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Now the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, and their faces looked like men’s faces.
Referenced Verses
- Dan 7:8 : 8 I was considering the horns, and behold, another horn, a small one, came up among them. Three of the first horns were uprooted before it. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great things.
- Nah 3:17 : 17 Your crowned guards are like locusts, and your officials are like swarms of locusts camping in the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they flee away, and no one knows where they are.
- Dan 7:4 : 4 The first was like a lion and had wings like an eagle. I watched until its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground to stand on two feet like a man, and a human heart was given to it.
- Joel 2:4-5 : 4 Their appearance is like that of horses; like warhorses, they run. 5 With the noise of chariots, they leap over the mountaintops, like the crackling of a blazing fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army arrayed for battle.
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10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails, they had power to harm people for five months.
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18 A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths.
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3 Out of the smoke, locusts came down to the earth, and they were given power like that of scorpions on the earth.
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