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Revelation 9:19

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Revelation 9:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Revelation 9:19

Theological / Devotional

Mouth. John has already depicted these horses as killing men by the fire, smoke, and brimstone that issue from their mouths (see on v. 17).

Tails. These horses wreak havoc both with their heads and with their tails. Compare the locusts of the fifth trumpet, whose stings were in their tails (v. 10). With respect to the Turks, certain expositors see in these “tails” a reference to a horse’s tail as a Turkish standard.

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