Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They are to look upon like bairded horses, and run like horsemen.
New American Standard Bible
And like war horses, so they run.
King James Version
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Holman Bible
and they gallop like war horses.
International Standard Version
As to their form, they're like horses; and like chariot horses, how they can run!
A Conservative Version
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.
American Standard Version
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.
Amplified
Their appearance is like the appearance of horses,
And they run like war horses.
Bible in Basic English
Their form is like the form of horses, and they are running like war-horses.
Darby Translation
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so they run.
Julia Smith Translation
His appearance as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen so shall they run.
King James 2000
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like [the] appearance of horses is their appearance, and like horsemen they run;
Modern King James verseion
As the appearance of horses is its appearance; and as war horses, so they run.
NET Bible
They look like horses; they charge ahead like war horses.
New Heart English Bible
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.
The Emphasized Bible
As the appearance of horses, is his appearance, and, as war-horses, so, shall they run:
Webster
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
World English Bible
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.
Youngs Literal Translation
As the appearance of horses is its appearance, And as horsemen, so they run.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of Yahweh Is Near
3 Before him shall be a consuming fire, and behind him a burning flame. The land shall be as a garden of pleasure before him, but behind him shall it be a very waste wilderness, and there is no man, that shall escape him. 4 They are to look upon like bairded horses, and run like horsemen. 5 They skipped up upon the hills, as it were the sound of chariots; as the flame of fire that consumeth the straw, and as a mighty people ready to the battle.
Names
Cross References
Revelation 9:7
And the similitude of the locusts was like unto horses prepared unto battle, and on their heads were as it were crowns, like unto gold: and their faces were as it had been the faces of men.