Revelation 9:8

They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

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In The King James Version

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

In Context

7The locusts looked like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.

9They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound made by many chariots and horses running into battle.

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Cross References

Psalms 57:4My life is among lions; 1 I am among those who are ready to devour me. 1 I am among people whose teeth are spears and arrows, 1 and whose tongues are sharp swords. 1

Joel 1:6For a nation has come up upon my land, 1 strong and without number. 1 His teeth are the teeth of a lion, 1 and he has the teeth of a lioness. 1

1 Timothy 2:9Likewise, I want the women to dress themselves in proper clothing, with modesty and self-control. They should not have braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or expensive clothing.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:2-13

The Seven Trumpets. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was commanded them that they… Read the whole commentary →

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