Revelation 9:16
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
Revelation 9:16 in other translations
| BSB | And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number. |
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| WEB | The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million. I heard the number of them. |
| ASV | And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: I heard the number of them. |
| YLT | and the number of the forces of the horsemen is two myriads of myriads, and I heard the number of them. |
| DARBY | and the number of the hosts of horse was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number. |
| BBE | And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: the number of them came to my ears. |
| Webster | And the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. |
What does Revelation 9:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Were two hundred thousand thousand. A thousand thousand are a million, and consequently the number here referred to would be two hundred millions. This would be a larger army than was ever assembled, and it cannot be supposed that it is to be taken literally. That it would be a very large host--so large that it would not readily be numbered--is clear. The expression in the original, while it naturally conveys the idea of an immense number, would seem also to refer to some peculiarity in the manner of reckoning them. The language is, two myriads of myriads--δυομυριαδεςμυριαδων. The myriad was ten thousand. The idea would seem to be this. John saw an immense host of cavalry. They appeared to be divided into large bodies that were in some degree separate, and that might be reckoned by ten thousands. Of these different squadrons there were many, and to express their great and unusual number he said that there seemed to be myriads of them-- two myriads of myriads, or twice ten thousand myriads. The army thus would seem to be immense; an army, as we should say, to be reckoned by tens of thousands.
And I heard the number of them. They were so numerous that he did not pretend to be able to estimate the number himself, for it was beyond his power of computation; but he heard it stated in these round numbers, that there were "two myriads of myriads" of them.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Revelation 9:13-21
The sixth angel sounded, and here the power of the Turks seems the subject. Their time is limited. They not only slew in war, but brought a poisonous and ruinous religion. The antichristian generation repented not under these dreadful judgments. From this sixth trumpet learn that God can make one enemy of the church a scourge and a plague to another. The idolatry in the remains of the eastern church and elsewhere…
Revelation 9:16 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Revelation 9:16
- 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.
- Psalms 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.
- 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:
- Revelation 5:11
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
- 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.
- Ezekiel 23:6
Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
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Context
- Revelation 9:15
And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
- Revelation 9:16
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
- 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.
Revelation 9:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el número del ejército de los de á caballo era doscientos millones. Y oí el número de ellos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le nombre des armées de la cavalerie était de deux myriades de myriades: j’en entendis le nombre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Zahl der Kriegsheere zu Roß war zweimal zehntausend mal zehntausend; ich hörte ihre Zahl. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et numerus equestris exercitus vicies millies dena millia. Et audivi numerum eorum. |