Joel 2:4 “Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift st…”

Joel 2:4

Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

World English Bible

Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and they run as horsemen.

American Standard Version

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.

Geneva Bible 1599

The beholding of him is like the sight of horses, and like the horsemen, so shall they runne.

Darby Translation

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so they run.

Young's Literal Translation

As the appearance of horses [is] its appearance, And as horsemen, so they run.

Bible in Basic English

Their form is like the form of horses, and they are running like war-horses.

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In context

3Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.

5With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.

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