Revelation 9:19

New International Reader's Version

The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails. The tails were like snakes whose heads could bite.

Cross References

Isaiah 9:15

The elders and important leaders are the heads. The prophets who teach lies are the tails.

Ephesians 4:14

We will no longer be babies in the faith. We won’t be like ships tossed around by the waves. We won’t be blown here and there by every new teaching. We won’t be blown around by cleverness and tricks. Certain people use them to hide their evil plans.

Revelation 9:10

They had tails that could sting people like scorpions do. And in their tails they had power to hurt people over and over for five months.

Revelation 9:18

A third of all people were killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur that came out of the horses’ mouths.

Revelation 9:20

There were people who were not killed by these plagues. But they still didn’t turn away from what they had been doing. They did not stop worshiping demons. They kept worshiping statues of gods made out of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood. These statues can’t see or hear or walk.