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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.

KJV

καὶ τὰ ὁμοιώματα τῶν ἀκρίδων ὅμοιοι ἵπποις ἡτοιμασμένοις εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν ὡς στέφανοι ὅμοιοι χρυσῷ, καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ὡς πρόσωπα ἀνθρώπων,

Greek NT

Et similitudines locustarum, similes equis paratis in prælium : et super capita earum tamquam coronæ similes auro : et facies earum tamquam facies hominum.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κεφαλή
kephale
noun · 75×
πρόσωπον
prosopon
noun · 77×
πόλεμος
polemos
noun · 18×
στέφανος
stephanos
noun · 18×
χρυσός
chrusos
noun · 12×
ἀκρίς
akris
noun · 4×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἑτοιμάζω
etoimazo
verb · 41×
ἵππος
ippos
noun · 17×
o
article · 19778×
ὁμοίωμα
omoioma
noun · 6×
ὅμοιος
omoios
adjective · 45×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ὅμοιοι χρυσῷ | WH/Treg/NIV: ὅμοιοι χρυσῷ | RP: χρυσοῖ
  • ὅμοιοι χρυσῷSBLGNT
  • ὅμοιοι χρυσῷWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • χρυσοῖRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 7:8 — 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
  • Dan 7:8 — 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
  • Jer 51:27 — Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against
  • Joel 1:6 — For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
  • Joel 2:4 — The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
  • Nah 3:17 — 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 a
  • Nah 3:17 — 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 a