Revelation 11:5

11:5 If ¹  anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths ²  and completely consumes ³  their enemies. If ⁴  anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way.

Revelation 9:17

9:17 Now ⁵  this is what the horses and their riders ⁶  looked like in my ⁷  vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, ⁸  dark blue, ⁹  and sulfurous ¹⁰  yellow in color. ¹¹  The ¹²  heads of the horses looked like lions’ heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur ¹³  came out of their mouths.

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

² tn This is a collective singular in Greek.

³ tn See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesqiw) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of the description of the horses and riders, which is somewhat parenthetical in the narrative.

⁶ tn Grk “and those seated on them.”

⁷ tn Grk “the vision”; the Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

⁸ tn L&N 79.31 states, “‘fiery red’ (probably with a tinge of yellow or orange).”

⁹ tn On this term BDAG 1022 s.v. ὑακίνθινος states, “hyacinth-colored, i.e. dark blue (dark red?) w. πύρινος Rv 9:17.”

¹⁰ tn On this term BDAG 446 s.v. θειώδης states, “sulphurous Rv 9:17.”

¹¹ sn The colors of the riders’ breastplates parallel the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur in v. 18.

¹² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

¹³ tn Traditionally, “brimstone.”