God’s Word Translation
Revelation 9:8
8They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like lions’ teeth.
Revelation 9:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
- New International Version (NIV)Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth;
- New King James Version (NKJV)They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.
Context of Revelation 9:8
6At that time people will look for death and never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them. 7The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. They seemed to have crowns that looked like gold on their heads. Their faces were like human faces. They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like lions’ teeth. 9They had breastplates like iron. The noise from their wings was like the roar of chariots with many horses rushing into battle. 10They had tails and stingers like scorpions. They had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.
Read all of Revelation 9Revelation 9:8 word by word
καὶ εἶχον τρίχας ὡς τρίχας γυναικῶν, καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτῶν ὡς λεόντων ἦσαν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Revelation 9:8
- 2 Kings 9:30When Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it. She put on eye shadow, fixed her hair, and looked out of a second-story window.
- Isaiah 3:24Instead of the smell of perfume, there will be the smell of decay. They will wear ropes instead of belts. They will have bald heads instead of beautiful hair. They will wear sackcloth instead of expensive clothes. Their beauty will be scarred.
- 1 Corinthians 11:14Doesn’t nature itself teach you that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair?
- 1 Timothy 2:9I want women to show their beauty by dressing in appropriate clothes that are modest and respectable. Their beauty will be shown by what they do, not by their hair styles or the gold jewelry, pearls, or expensive clothes they wear.
- 1 Peter 3:3Wives must not let their beauty be something external. Beauty doesn’t come from hairstyles, gold jewelry, or clothes.
- Psalms 57:4My soul is surrounded by lions. I must lie down with man-eating lions. Their teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongues are sharp swords.
- Joel 1:6A strong nation attacked my land. It has too many soldiers to count. They have teeth like lions. They have fangs like grown lions.
Commentaries on Revelation 9:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Hair as the hair of women - No razor passes upon their flesh. Their hair long, and their beards unshaven. Their teeth were as the teeth of lions - They are ferocious and cruel.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8And they had hair as the hair of women - Long hair; not such as men commonly wear, but such as women wear. See the notes on 1 Corinthians 11:14. This struck John as a peculiarity, that, though warriors, they should have the appearance of effeminacy indicated by allowing their hair to grow long. It is clear from this, that John regarded their appearance as unusual and remarkable. Though manifestly designed to represent an army, yet it was not the usual…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10Some people view these locusts as symbols of attack helicopters, missiles, or other modern weapons. However, they originate from the Abyss, not from human creation. The description of these creatures, based on the appearance of locusts, is intended to cause fear and disgust. Their gold crowns show that their torment affects much of the earth.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. hair of women--long and flowing. An Arabic proverb compares the antlers of locusts to the hair of girls. Ewald in Alford understands the allusion to be to the hair on the legs or bodies of the locusts: compare "rough caterpillars," Jr 51:27. as the teeth of lions--(Joe 1:6, as to locusts).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Revelation 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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