Revelation Chapter 9 verse 16 Holy Bible
And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: I heard the number of them.
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And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: the number of them came to my ears.
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and the number of the hosts of horse [was] twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.
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And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
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The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million{literally, "ten thousands of ten thousands"}. I heard the number of them.
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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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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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 lo
