Revelation 9:16
New International Version
The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.

New Living Translation
I heard the size of their army, which was 200 million mounted troops.

English Standard Version
The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.

Berean Standard Bible
And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.

Berean Literal Bible
And the number of the armies of the cavalry was twice ten thousand ten thousands; I heard the number of them.

King James Bible
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

New King James Version
Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.

New American Standard Bible
The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.

NASB 1995
The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.

NASB 1977
And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.

Amplified Bible
The number of the troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand (two hundred million); I heard the number of them.

Christian Standard Bible
The number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The number of mounted troops was 200 million; I heard their number.

American Standard Version
And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: I heard the number of them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the number of the army of the horsemen was two-ten thousand ten thousands, and I heard their number.

Contemporary English Version
By listening, I could tell there were more than 200,000,000 war horses.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the number of the army of horsemen was twenty thousand times ten thousand. And I heard the number of them.

English Revised Version
And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: I heard the number of them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The soldiers on horses numbered 20,000 times 10,000. I heard how many there were.

Good News Translation
I was told the number of the mounted troops: it was two hundred million.

International Standard Version
The number of cavalry troops was 200,000,000. I heard how many there were.

Literal Standard Version
and the number of the forces of the horsemen—twice ten thousand ten thousands, and I heard the number of them.

Majority Standard Bible
And the number of mounted troops was a hundred million; I heard their number.

New American Bible
The number of cavalry troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.

NET Bible
The number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; I heard their number.

New Revised Standard Version
The number of the troops of cavalry was two hundred million; I heard their number.

New Heart English Bible
The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

Weymouth New Testament
The number of the cavalry was two hundred millions; I heard their number.

World English Bible
The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them.

Young's Literal Translation
and the number of the forces of the horsemen is two myriads of myriads, and I heard the number of them.

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Context
The Sixth Trumpet
15So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number. 17Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.…

Cross References
Revelation 5:11
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

Revelation 7:4
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:


Treasury of Scripture

And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

the number.

Psalm 68:17
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

horsemen.

Ezekiel 23:6
Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.

Ezekiel 38:4
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

Daniel 11:40
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

I heard.

Revelation 7:4
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

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Revelation 9
1. At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falls from heaven, to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit.
2. He opens the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions.
12. The first woe past.
13. The sixth trumpet sounds.
14. Four angels who were bound are let loose.














(16) And the number . . .--Translate, And the number of the armies of the cavalry was two myriads of myriads. I heard the number of them. The writer heard, perhaps from some herald angel, the number of this vast army of horsemen; it was twice ten-thousand times ten thousand--i.e., two hundred millions. The number is like an echo from Psalm 68:17--"The chariots of God are twenty thousand (two myriads), even thousands (or, thousands of thousands) of angels." This utterly bewildering number might have been sufficient to keep interpreters from loVerse 16. - And the number of the army of the horsemen; and the number of the armies of the cavalry. No horsemen have hitherto been Minded to; but they are apparently the destroying host under the direction of the four angels. The symbol is, no doubt, chosen to signify power, of which horsemen or cavalry are an emblem. Were two hundred thousand thousand; or, twice myriads of myriads (cf. Jude 1:14-16, which is a quotation from Enoch; also Daniel 7:10). The number is, of course, not to be taken literally, but as signifying an exceeding great multitude. And I heard the number of them. Omit "and." St. John "heard the number" possibly from one of the elders, who had before instructed him (cf. Revelation 7:13). He states this, since so vast a multitude would be innumerable.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

number
ἀριθμὸς (arithmos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 706: A number, total. From airo; a number.

of mounted
ἱππικοῦ (hippikou)
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2461: Cavalry. Neuter of a derivative of hippos; the cavalry force.

troops [was]
στρατευμάτων (strateumatōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 4753: An army, detachment of troops. From strateuomai; an armament, i.e. a body of troops.

two hundred million;
δισμυριάδες (dismyriades)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1364: Twice, entirely, utterly. Adverb from duo; twice.

I heard
ἤκουσα (ēkousa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

their
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

number.
ἀριθμὸν (arithmon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 706: A number, total. From airo; a number.


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