horses

¹⁹Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing? ²⁰Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils. ²¹He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men. ²²He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword. ²³Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake. ²⁴Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds.

³¹The horse is prepared for the day of battle. But the Lord bestows salvation.

³For so we put bridles into the mouths of horses, in order to submit them to our will, and so we turn their whole body around.

⁸Their horses are more nimble than leopards and swifter than wolves in the evening; their horsemen will spread out. And then their horsemen will approach from far away; they will fly like the eagle, hurrying to devour.

⁸Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.

¹¹And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And he who was sitting upon it was called Faithful and True. And with justice does he judge and fight. ¹²And his eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, having a name written, which no one knows except himself. ¹³And he was clothed with a vestment sprinkled with blood. And his name is called: THE WORD OF GOD. ¹⁴And the armies that are in heaven were following him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. ¹⁵And from his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, so that with it he may strike the nations. And he shall rule them with an iron rod. And he treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. ¹⁶And he has on his garment and on his thigh written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

¹⁹Will you supply strength to the horse, or envelope his throat with neighing? ²⁰Will you alarm him as the locusts do? His panic is revealed by the display of his nostrils. ²¹He digs at the earth with his hoof; he jumps around boldly; he advances to meet armed men. ²²He despises fear; he does not turn away from the sword. ²³Above him, the quiver rattles, the spear and the shield shake. ²⁴Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds.

¹And I turned, and I lifted up my eyes and I saw. And behold, four four-horse chariots went out from the middle of two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of brass. ²In the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot were black horses, ³and in the third chariot were white horses, and in the fourth chariot were speckled horses, and they were strong. ⁴And I responded and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?” ⁵And the angel answered and said to me, “These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth to stand in the presence of the Sovereign of all the earth.” ⁶The one with the black horses was departing into the land of the North, and the white went forth after them, and the speckled went forth towards the land of the South.

⁷May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ. He will hear him from his holy heaven. The salvation of his right hand is in his power. ⁸Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.

⁴Harness the horses, and let the horsemen climb upon them! Stand forth with helmets! Sharpen the lances! Clothe yourselves in armor!’

³A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.

²⁸Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows are taut. The hoofs of their horses are like flint, and their wheels are like the force of a tempest.

¹³He led them through the abyss, like a horse which does not stumble, in the desert.