16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was (A)two hundred million; (B)I heard the number of them. 17 And [a]this is how I saw (C)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](D)brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and (E)out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and [c](F)brimstone. 18 A (G)third of [d]mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the (H)fire and the smoke and the [e]brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths.

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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