Revelation 9:16

Revelation 9:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
• New International Version (NIV)The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.

Context of Revelation 9:16

14The voice said to the sixth angel, ‘There are four angels at the great Euphrates river. Someone has tied them so that they cannot move. You must go and undo them!’ 15So the four angels now became free. God had kept them ready for that special time, for that hour, in that day, in that month, in that year. They were now ready to kill a third of people everywhere. I heard how many soldiers there were in their great army. There were 200 million soldiers who rode on horses. 17In my vision, I saw the soldiers and their horses. The soldiers had shields over the front of their bodies. The shields had many colours. They were bright red like fire, bright blue, and yellow like sulphur. The horses' heads looked like lions' heads. Fire, smoke and sulphur came out of their mouths. 18The fire, the smoke and the sulphur killed people. These three dangerous things killed a third of people everywhere.

Revelation 9:16 word by word

καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν στρατευμάτων τοῦ ἱππικοῦ δισμυριάδες μυριάδων· ἤκουσα τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the numberὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the numberἀριθμόςarithmos · numberG706
• of the armyστράτευμαstrateuma · troopsG4753
• of the horsemenἱππικόςhippikon · horsemanG2461
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• thousandμυριάςmurias · myriadG3461
• I heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• of themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Revelation 9:16

• Psalms 68:17God has millions of chariots. The Lord has come from Sinai mountain to his own holy place.
• Daniel 7:10A river of fire poured out from the place where he was sitting. Thousands of servants were ready to do whatever he wanted. Many more thousands stood around, ready to serve him. Then the meeting of the court began. Someone opened the books to see what was in them.
• Ezekiel 23:6Her lovers were soldiers who wore blue clothes. Some of them were army officers and leaders. They were all strong young men. Some of them rode on horses.
• Ezekiel 38:4I will turn you around. I will put hooks into your mouth and catch you. I will take hold of you and your great army, with its horses and their riders. I will take hold of all your soldiers, who are ready to fight with their swords and their shields. I will pull them all away.
• Daniel 11:40At the time of the end, the king of the south will attack him. The king of the north will fight against him very strongly. He will march out quickly with chariots and soldiers who ride on horses. He will also have many ships. His army will attack many countries. He will go through those countries like a strong flood of water.
• Revelation 7:4Then I heard how many people received God's seal. The number of people was 144,000. They came from all the tribes of Israel's people:

Commentaries on Revelation 9:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Two hundred thousand thousand - · Two myriads of myriads; that is, two hundred millions; an army that was never yet got together from the foundation of the world, and could not find forage in any part of the earth. Perhaps it only means vast numbers, multitudes without number. Such a number might be literally true of the locusts. Those who will have their particular system supported by the images in this most obscure book, tell us that the number here…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16And the number of the army of the horsemen - It is to be observed here that the strength of the army seemed to be cavalry. In the former plagues there is no distinct mention of horsemen; but here what struck the beholder was the immense and unparalleled number of horsemen. Were two hundred thousand thousand - A thousand thousand is one million, and consequently the number here referred to would be 200 million. This would be a larger army than was ever…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 The sixth angel sounded, and here the power of the Turks seems the subject. Their time is limited. They not only slew in war, but brought a poisonous and ruinous religion. The antichristian generation repented not under these dreadful judgments. From this sixth trumpet learn that God can make one enemy of the church a scourge and a plague to another. The idolatry in the remains of the eastern church and elsewhere, and the sins of professed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16The connection between the four angels and their army is unclear. two hundred million: This number symbolizes an extremely large group that cannot be counted. Even at its greatest strength, the ancient Roman army with twenty-one legions numbered only about 126,000 soldiers. It is not useful to use this number to identify any specific country with such an overwhelming destructive force.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Compare with these two hundred million, Psa 68:17; Da 7:10. The hosts here are evidently, from their numbers and their appearance (Re 9:17), not merely human hosts, but probably infernal, though constrained to work out God's will (compare Re 9:1, 2). and I heard--A, B, Aleph, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, and Cyprian omit "and."Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 9:16

• Armies
• Cavalry
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Abaddon
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Commentaries on Revelation 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings