Revelation 9:9 · KJV
“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.”
— Revelation 9:9
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as {the teeth} of lions.
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power {was} to hurt men five months.
Revelation 9 — Context
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.
8And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as {the teeth} of lions.
9And 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.
10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power {was} to hurt men five months.
11And they had a king over them, {which is} the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue {is} Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath {his} name Apollyon. {Apollyon: that is to say, A destroyer}
Cross References
Joel 2:5-8
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.
Job 39:25
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Job 40:18
His bones {are as} strong pieces of brass; his bones {are} like bars of iron.
Revelation 9:17
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses {were} as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Nahum 2:4-5
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. {they: Heb. their show}
Job 41:23-30
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. {flakes: Heb. fallings}
Isaiah 9:5
For every battle of the warrior {is} with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but {this} shall be with burning {and} fuel of fire. {For...: or, When the whole battle of the warrior was, etc} {but...: or, and it was, etc} {fuel: Heb. meat}