Revelation 19:14

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And, the armies which were in heaven, were following him, upon white horses, clothed with fine linen, white, pure;

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The armies of heaven were following the rider on the white horse. They were also riding white horses. They were dressed in fine linen, white and clean.

Revised Standard Version
And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, followed him on white horses.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the warriers which were in heven folowed him apon whyte horsses clothed with whyte and pure raynes:

Hebrew Names Version
The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen.

New American Standard Bible
And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.

New Century Version
The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and clean, were following him on white horses.

Update Bible Version
And the armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white [and] pure.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

World English Bible
The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the armies which were in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in clean, fine linen.

Weymouth's New Testament
The armies in Heaven followed Him--mounted on white horses and clothed in fine linen, white and spotless.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the oostis that ben in heuene, sueden hym on white horsis, clothid with bissyn, white and clene.

English Revised Version
And the armies which are in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure.

Berean Standard Bible
The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.

Contemporary English Version
He was followed by armies from heaven that rode on horses and were dressed in pure white linen.

Amplified Bible
And the armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, [dazzling] white and clean, followed Him on white horses.

American Standard Version
And the armies which are in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure.

Bible in Basic English
And the armies which are in heaven went after him on white horses, clothed in delicate linen, white and clean.

Complete Jewish Bible
The armies of heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.

Darby Translation
And the armies which [are] in the heaven followed him upon white horses, clad in white, pure, fine linen.

International Standard Version
The armies of heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, follow him on white horses.Matthew 28:3; Revelation 4:4; 7:9; 14:20;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And the armies of heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in garments of fine linen, pure (and) white.

Murdock Translation
And the soldiery of heaven followed him, on white horses, clad in garments of fine linen, pure [fn] white.

King James Version (1611)
And the armies which were in heauen followed him vpon white horses, clothed in fine linnen, white and cleane.

New Living Translation
The armies of heaven, dressed in the finest of pure white linen, followed him on white horses.

New Life Bible
The armies in heaven were dressed in clean, white, fine linen. They were following Him on white horses.

New Revised Standard
And the armies of heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.

English Standard Version
And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the hostes which werein heauen, followed him vpon white horses, clothed with fine linnen white and pure.

George Lamsa Translation
And the armies which were in heaven followed him on white horses clothed in fine linen, pure and white.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the armies that are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the warryers which were in heauen folowed hym vppon whyte horses, clothed with whyte and pure raynes.

Good News Translation
The armies of heaven followed him, riding on white horses and dressed in clean white linen.

Christian Standard Bible®
The armies that were in heaven followed him on white horses, wearing pure white linen.

King James Version
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

Lexham English Bible
And the armies that are in heaven, dressed in clean, white fine linen, were following him on white horses.

Literal Translation
And the armies in Heaven followed Him on white horses, being dressed in fine linen, white and pure.

Young's Literal Translation
And the armies in the heaven were following him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen -- white and pure;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye warriers which were in heauen, folowed him vpon whyte horsses, clothed with whyte and pure sylke

Mace New Testament (1729)
and the armies of heaven followed him upon white horses, cloathed in fine linnen, white and clean.

New English Translation
The armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, were following him on white horses.

New King James Version
And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, [fn] followed Him on white horses.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The armies of heaven rode on white horses in a jig line behind him. They were all dressed in white pearl snap shirts.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And I saw heaven, set open, and lo! a white horse, and, he that was sitting thereon, calledFaithful, and True; and, in righteousness, doth he judge and make war; ¹² and, his eyes, are a flame of fire, and, upon his head, are many diadems, having, a name, written, which, no one, knoweth, but himself, ¹³ and arrayed with a mantle sprinkled with blood, and his name hath been called - The Word of God. ¹⁴ And, the armies which were in heaven, were following him, upon white horses, clothed with fine linen, white, pure; ¹⁵ and, out of his mouth, is going forth a sharp sword, that, therewith, he may smite the nations, - and, he, shall shepherd them with a sceptre of iron, and, he, treadeth the wine-press of the wrath of the anger of God the Almighty. ¹⁶ And he hath, upon his mantle and upon his thigh, a name, written - King of kings, and Lord of lords. ¹⁷ And I saw one messenger, standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying, unto all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, - Hither! be gathered together unto the great supper of God, - ¹⁸ that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them who sit upon them, and the flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great. ¹⁹ And I saw the wild-beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together - to make war with him who was sitting upon the horse, and with his army. ²⁰ And the wild-beast, was taken, and, with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs before him, whereby he deceived them who received the mark of the wild-beast and them who were doing homage unto his image, - alive, were they two cast into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the armies: Revelation 14:1, Revelation 14:20, Revelation 17:14, Psalms 68:17, Psalms 149:6-9, Zechariah 14:5, Matthew 26:53, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, Jude 1:14

white horses: Revelation 19:11

clothed: Revelation 19:8, Revelation 4:4, Revelation 7:9, Matthew 28:3

Reciprocal: Leviticus 6:10 - linen garment 1 Samuel 14:45 - he hath 2 Kings 6:17 - full of horses 2 Chronicles 6:41 - thy priests Ezra 6:12 - destroy Psalms 68:14 - When Ecclesiastes 9:8 - thy garments Song of Solomon 6:4 - terrible Isaiah 3:23 - fine linen Jeremiah 50:42 - shall ride Daniel 12:6 - man Daniel 12:10 - shall be Joel 3:11 - cause Micah 5:5 - then Habakkuk 3:8 - ride Luke 20:43 - General Revelation 3:4 - walk Revelation 6:2 - a white

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
Ere yet they lay down, the men of the city - the men of Sodom, had come round against the house, from youth even unto age, - all the people from every quarter,

Genesis 19:8
Behold, I pray you, I, have two daughters who have not known man, I must needs now bring, them, forth unto you, and do ye to them, as may be good in your eyes, - Only to these men, ye may do nothing; for on this account, have they come under the shade of my roof.

Genesis 19:12
And the men said unto Lot, Whom besides hast thou here? Son-in-law and thy sons and thy daughters, and all that thou hast in the city, bring thou forth out of the place;

Genesis 19:14
And Lot went forth and spake unto his sons-in - law who were about to take his two daughters and said Arise come forth out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city. And it came to pass, that he was as one that laughed, in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass when they had brought them forth outside, that they said, Escape for thy life, Look not behind thee, neither stand still in all the vale, - To the mountain, escape thou lest thou be swept away.

Genesis 19:22
Haste thee escape thither, for I cannot do anything, until thou have come in thither. For this cause: was the name of the city called Zoar.

Genesis 19:28
and he looked out over the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and over all the face of the land of the circuit, and beheld and lo! the smoke of the land went up, like the smoke of a furnace.

Genesis 19:30
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain and his two daughters with him. for he feared to dwell in Zoar, so he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two daughters.

Exodus 9:21
but, whoso applied not his heart unto the word of Yahweh, left his servants and his cattle in the field.

Exodus 12:31
So he called for Moses and for Aaron by night and said - Rise ye, go forth out of the midst of my people, both ye and the sons of Israel, - and go serve Yahweh according to your word;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the armies which were in heaven,.... Not the angels, though they are God's host, and are the armies of the heavens; they are in heaven, and dwell there, and follow Christ, attend upon him, and minister to him, and have been sometimes represented by horses and horsemen, 2 Kings 2:11 and they are pure and holy creatures, and will come with Christ to judgment: but this vision refers not to the day of judgment; and besides, the saints are meant, as appears by their habit, for the fine linen, white and clean, is the righteousness of the saints, Revelation 19:8 and the righteousness of angels and saints is not the same. Moreover, these are the same company described in Revelation 17:14. The saints are in a state of warfare, have many enemies to fight with, sin, Satan, and the world; they are enlisted as volunteers under Christ, the Captain of salvation; they are provided with the whole armour of God, and are very numerous, and always more than conquerors through Christ: these are described by the place where they were, "in heaven"; not being glorified saints in heaven; with these indeed Christ will come to judgment, even with all his saints with him; but members of the church militant, said to be in heaven, because that is often called the kingdom of heaven; and because their names are written in heaven, and they are of heavenly extract; they are born from above, and are partakers of the heavenly calling; they belong to heaven, they are citizens of it, and are pressing on to it. And these

followed him; Christ, their Leader and Commander in the exercise of grace, and in the discharge of duty; having gone on in his ways through a train of sufferings, and cleaved unto him, and now attend him; not to assist in fighting, but to add to the glorious and triumphant appearance of their General; and therefore are said to be

upon white horses; they had served Christ in his Gospel, which some of them had preached, and all professed, and had maintained the purity of it in doctrine and practice, and now triumphed in Christ, and along with him, riding upon horses of the same colour with his, as being his princes and nobles, and whom he had made kings as well as priests; the former may be signified by their horses; see Judges 5:10 and the latter by their following habit,

clothed in fine linen, white and clean; not the horses, but the armies on them; which designs not their inward purity, which was very glorious; nor their outward conversation garments, washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb; but the robe of Christ's righteousness, which is pure and spotless: these have no armour on, for they are not to strike a blow, only their General, who has the bloody garment on, is to tread the winepress, and destroy antichrist with the breath of his mouth, or with his sword proceeding out of it, as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the armies which were in heaven followed him - The heavenly hosts; particularly, it would seem, the redeemed, as there would be some incongruity in representing the angels as riding in this manner. Doubtless the original of this picture is Isaiah 63:3; “I have trodden the wine-press alone, and of the people there was none with me.” These hosts of the redeemed on white horses accompany him to be witnesses of his victory, and to participate in the joy of the triumph, not to engage in the work of blood.

Upon white horses - Emblems of triumph or victory. See the notes on Revelation 6:2.

Clothed in fine linen, white and clean - The usual raiment of those who are in heaven, as everywhere represented in this book. See Revelation 3:4-5; Revelation 4:4; Revelation 7:9, Revelation 7:13; Revelation 15:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 19:14. The armies which were in heaven — Angels and saints over whom Jesus Christ is Captain,

Clothed in fine linen — All holy, pure, and righteous.