4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.


In Context

1 Blow you the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD comes, for it is near at hand;

2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread on the mountains: a great people and a strong; there has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

3 A fire devours before them; and behind them a flame burns: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing shall escape them.

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

5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

Joel 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4The appearance of them [is] as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4They have the appearance of horses; they gallop along like cavalry.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and they shall run like horsemen.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so they run.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4As the appearance of horses is its appearance, And as horsemen, so they run.