Revelation 9:19

for the power of the horses lies in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like snakes, with heads, and it is with them that they do harm.

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In The King James Version

For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

In Context

18Through these three curses a third of humanity perished – because of the fire, and the smoke, and the sulfur that issued from their mouths;

20But those who were left of humanity, who had not perished through these curses, did not repent and turn away from what their own hands had made; they would not abandon the worship of demons, and of idols made of gold or silver or brass or stone or wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk;

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Cross References

Revelation 9:10They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and in their tails lies their power to harm people for five months.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:14-21

The Seventh Trumpet. ( a. d. 95.) 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 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. 16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of… Read the whole commentary →

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