Revelation 9:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

Their. B C 'Aleph (') read, 'the power of the horses;' A х topon (G5117)], 'of the places.'

In their mouth - whence issued the fire, smoke, and brimstone (Revelation 9:17). Considering the parallelism of this sixth trumpet to the sixth seal, probably events are intended immediately preceding the Lord's coming. "The false prophet" (Isaiah 9:15), or second beast, having a lamb's horns, but speaking as the dragon, who supports by lying miracles the final Antichrist, seems intended. Mohammed is a forerunner of him, not the exhaustive fulfiller of the prophecy. Satan will, toward the end, bring out all the powers of hell for the last conflict (note, "devils," Revelation 9:20: cf. Revelation 9:1-2; Revelation 9:17-18).

With them - the serpent heads with venomous fangs.

Hurt, х adikousin (G91)] - 'do wrong,' 'injury.'

Revelation 9:19

19 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.