The ancient and the honourable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Revelation 9:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails are like unto serpents, and have heads; and with them they do hurt. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the power of the horses to do harm is in their mouths and also in their tails. Their tails are like serpents, for they have heads, and it is by means of them that they wound people. American Standard Version (1901) For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails are like unto serpents, and have heads; and with them they hurt. Common English Bible The horses’ power is in their mouths and their tails, for their tails are like snakes with heads that inflict injuries. Catholic Public Domain Version For the power of these horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails resemble serpents, having heads; and it is with these that they cause harm. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For, their tails are like to serpents, and have heads: and with them they hurt. |
The ancient and the honourable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.
By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.
And the rest of mankind, which were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk: