New American Standard Bible 2020
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
14saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. 17And this is how I saw in my vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire, of hyacinth, and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and brimstone. 18A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire, the smoke, and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.
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καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν στρατευμάτων τοῦ ἱππικοῦ δισμυριάδες μυριάδων· ἤκουσα τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Revelation 9:16
- Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
- Daniel 7:10A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were serving Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court convened, And the books were opened.
- Ezekiel 23:6who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them handsome young men, horsemen riding on horses.
- Ezekiel 38:4So I will turn you around and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them magnificently dressed, a great contingent with shield and buckler, all of them wielding swords;
- Daniel 11:40“And at the end time the king of the South will wage war with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow them, and pass through.
- Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
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
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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
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