Revelation 9:7
New International Version
7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.(A) On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.(B)
Revelation 9:7
New American Standard Bible
7 The [a](A)appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces.
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Revelation 9:7-11
The Message
7-11 The locusts looked like horses ready for war. They had gold crowns, human faces, women’s hair, the teeth of lions, and iron breastplates. The sound of their wings was the sound of horse-drawn chariots charging into battle. Their tails were equipped with stings, like scorpion tails. With those tails they were ordered to torture the human race for five months. They had a king over them, the Angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, in Greek, Apollyon—“Destroyer.”
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Revelation 9:7
English Standard Version
7 (A)In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: (B)on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were (C)like human faces,
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