Revelation 9:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ Their chests were covered with armor plate made of iron, and their wings sounded like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing to battle.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Their breastplates (scales) resembled breastplates made of iron, and the [whirring] noise made by their wings was like the roar of a vast number of horse-drawn chariots going at full speed into battle. [Joel 2:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to war.

Common English Bible

⁹ In front they had what seemed to be iron armor upon their chests, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses racing into battle.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the noise of their wings was like the noise of many running horses, rushing to battle.

Revelation 9:9 Cross References

Revelation 9:17

And this is how the horses and their riders looked in the vision: They had on their chests fire [-red], [smoke-] blue and sulfur [-yellow] armor plate and the horses’ heads were like lions’ heads. And fire, smoke and sulfur proceeded out of their mouths.