Revelation 9:7

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.

And {G2532} the shapes {G3667} of the locusts {G200} were like {G3664} unto horses {G2462} prepared {G2090} 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}.

Now these locusts looked like horses outfitted for battle. On their heads were what looked like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Daniel 7:8 (4 votes)

    I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn [were] eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

  • Nahum 3:17 (3 votes)

    Thy crowned [are] as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, [but] when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they [are].

  • Joel 2:4 (2 votes)

    The appearance of them [is] as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

  • Joel 2:5 (2 votes)

    Like 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.

  • Daniel 7:4 (2 votes)

    The first [was] like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.