Revelation

1611 King James Version (KJV)

Revelation 9:9

“And they had brestplates, as it were brestplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of charets of many horses running to battell.”

1611 King James Version (KJV)




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Other Translations

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.
- King James Version

They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight.
- Basic English Bible

and they had breastplates as breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running to war;
- Darby Bible

And they had breast-plates, as it were breast-plates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
- Webster's Bible

They had breast-plates which seemed to be made of steel; and the noise caused by their wings was like that of a vast number of horses and chariots hurrying into battle.
- Weymouth 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.
- World English Bible

And thei hadden haburiouns, as yren haburiouns, and the vois of her wengis as the vois of charis of many horsis rennynge `in to batel.
- Wycliffe Bible

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;
- Youngs Literal Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Revelation 9:9


9:9 And the noise of their wings was as the noise of chariots of many horses - With their war - chariots, drawn by many horses, they, as it were, flew to and fro.


People's Bible Notes for Revelation 9:9


Re 9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron. There was something that seemed like an army clad in iron coats of mail. And the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots. They gave a sound like the rush of chariots and horses rushing to battle.

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