 | 1806 - 504 էջ
...arms. The Saracenic locusts had " breast-plutet, as it were breast -plates of iron ; and the sovnd of their wings was as the sound of chariots, of many horses running to battle :" and " they had a king uver them," who for the distinguished iniquity of his umlei'takings, is termed "... | |
 | 1832 - 852 էջ
...teeth were as the teeth of lions : 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 " (vers. 7 — 9). The language is here in part plainly taken from Joel; and, if it were applicable... | |
 | 1804 - 476 էջ
...teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9 And they had breastplates as it were breastplates of iron i and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. 10 And they had tails like unto scorpions ; and there were stings in their tails : and their power... | |
 | Joseph Lomas Towers - 1808 - 346 էջ
...towards the Indies : making, wherever they came, most furious depredations.' It is said in v. 9, that the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle ; * and Pliny affirms, that they fly with so great a noise of their wings, that they may be taken for birds.... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 596 էջ
...were as the teeth of a lion ; an expression frequently used in Scripture to denote great strength ;* the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle ; to represent at once the rapid conquests of the Saracens, and their proverbial skill in horsemanship... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 304 էջ
...breastplates were like breastplates of iron ; they had the tails of scorpions, armed with deadly stings ; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. •]• Bp. Newton supposes the fallen star to be the impostor Mohammed ; and yet afterwards represents... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1808 - 592 էջ
...•were as the teeth of a lion ; an expression frequently used in Scripture to denote great strength ;* the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of mam/ horses running to battle ; to represent at once the rapid conquests of the Saracens, and their... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 էջ
...inheritances of their opposite*. IX. 9 And they had breastplates, as it -xtre breastplates of trv* and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of ma horses running to battle. And they were strongly defenced against all hostile attempt the Eastern... | |
 | Ebenezer Aldred - 1811 - 296 էջ
...crowns," " faces/' "hair," *' teeth," and " breastplates of iron:" and the sound of their wings (sails) was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle, VERSE 10 is nearly a repetition of the fifth, with the addition of their having " stings in their tails"... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - 1814 - 636 էջ
...well by other observers, as by the sagacious Solomon. 4thly, We read, Rev. ix. of the locusts, that " the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle ;" this we have seen explained on the passage in Joel, p. 334. when it is added, " they had tails like... | |
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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. 
