15 So the four angels who were prepared for the hour, day, month, and year were released to kill a third of the human race. 16 The number of mounted troops was 200 million;[a] I heard their number. 17 This is how I saw the horses in my vision: The horsemen had breastplates that were fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:16 Other mss read 100 million

15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released(A) to kill a third(B) of mankind.(C) 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.(D)

17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths(E) came fire, smoke and sulfur.(F)

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