17 And [a]this is how I saw (A)in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of [b](B)brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and (C)out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and [c](D)brimstone. 18 A (E)third of [d]mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the (F)fire and the smoke and the [e]brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:17 Lit thus I saw
  2. Revelation 9:17 I.e. burning sulphur
  3. Revelation 9:17 I.e. burning sulphur
  4. Revelation 9:18 Gr anthropoi
  5. Revelation 9:18 I.e. burning sulphur