The Sixth Trumpet
Revelation 9:19
In 9 translations
- BSB
- For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.
- KJV
- For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
- WEB
- For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads; and with them they harm.
- ASV
- For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails are like unto serpents, and have heads; and with them they hurt.
- LSV
- for the power of the horses are in their mouth, and in their tails, for their tails [are] like serpents, having heads, and they injure with them.
- YLT
- for their authorities are in their mouth, and in their tails, for their tails [are] like serpents, having heads, and with them they do injure;
- DBY
- For the power of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails: for their tails [are] like serpents, having heads, and with them they injure.
- DRC
- For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For, their tails are like to serpents, and have heads: and with them they hurt.
- GNV
- For their power is in their mouths, and in their tailes: for their tailes were like vnto serpents, and had heades, wherewith they hurt.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἡ (“the”); Textus Receptus read αἱ (“the”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἐξουσία (“power”); Textus Receptus read ἐξουσίαι (“powers”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read τῶν (“of the”); Textus Receptus read αὐτῶν (“of those”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text include ἵππων (“horses”); Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἐστιν (“are”); Textus Receptus read εἰσιν (“are”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text, Greek reading followed by the King James Version include καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν (“and in the tails of them”); Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus read ὄφεσιν (“as serpents”); Byzantine text read ὄφεων (“of serpents”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ὄφεσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὄφεσιν; Robinson–Pierpont read ὄφεων.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἡ γὰρ ἐξουσία τῶν ἵππων ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν ἐστιν καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν· αἱ γὰρ οὐραὶ αὐτῶν ὅμοιαι ὄφεσιν, ἔχουσαι κεφαλάς, καὶ ἐν αὐταῖς ἀδικοῦσιν.
- RP2018
- Ἡ γὰρ ἐξουσία τῶν ἵππων ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν ἐστίν, καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν· αἱ γὰρ οὐραὶ αὐτῶν ὅμοιαι ὄφεων, ἔχουσαι κεφαλάς, καὶ ἐν αὐταῖς ἀδικοῦσιν.
- TR-Boyd
- Αἱ γὰρ ἐξουσίαι αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν εἰσιν· αἱ γὰρ οὐραὶ αὐτῶν ὅμοιαι ὄφεσιν, ἔχουσαι κεφαλάς, καὶ ἐν αὐταῖς ἀδικοῦσι.Αἱ γὰρ ἐξουσίαι αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν εἰσιν· ¦ Ἡ γὰρ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν ἐστί, καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν· SCR
- SCR1894
- η γαρ εξουσια αυτων εν τω στοματι αυτων εστιν και εν ταις ουραις αυτων αι γαρ ουραι αυτων ομοιαι οφεσιν εχουσαι κεφαλας και εν αυταις αδικουσιν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
TailSerpentMeteorology and Celestial PhenomenaVisionAngel (a Spirit)Authority in ReligionRevelation of John
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
- Revelation 9:10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
- Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).