Revelation 9:8

Wesley's New Testament

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
they had hair like women’s hair; their teeth were like lions’ teeth;

King James Version (1611)
And they had haire as the haire of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of Lions.

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

New American Standard Bible
They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.

New Century Version
Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

English Standard Version
their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.

Berean Standard Bible
They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.

Contemporary English Version
Their hair was like a woman's long hair, and their teeth were like those of a lion.

Complete Jewish Bible
They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.

Darby Translation
and they had hair as women's hair, and their teeth were as of lions,

Easy-to-Read Version
Their hair was like women's hair. Their teeth were like lions' teeth.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they had heare as the heare of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lyons.

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

Good News Translation
Their hair was like women's hair, their teeth were like lions' teeth.

Lexham English Bible
and they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions,

Literal Translation
And they had hairs like the hairs of women; and their teeth were like those of lions.

Amplified Bible
They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.

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

Bible in Basic English
And they had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

Hebrew Names Version
They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.

International Standard Version
They had hair like women's hair and teeth like lions' teeth.Joel 1:6;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as of lions;

Murdock Translation
And they had hair, like the hair of women: and their teeth were like those of lions.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they had heere as the heere of women, & their teeth were as ye teeth of Lions.

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

World English Bible
They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.

Weymouth's New Testament
Their faces seemed human and they had hair like women's hair, but their teeth resembled those of lions.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei hadden heeris, as heeris of wymmen; and the teeth of hem weren as teeth of liouns.

Update Bible Version
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [teeth] of lions.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [the teeth] of lions.

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

New King James Version
They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

New Living Translation
They had hair like women's hair and teeth like the teeth of a lion.

New Life Bible
Their hair was like the hair of women. Their teeth were like the teeth of lions.

New Revised Standard
their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, they had hair, as the hair of women, and, their teeth, were, as of lions,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they had hair as the hair of women: and their teeth were as lions.

Revised Standard Version
their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they had heare as the heare of wemen. And their tethe were as the tethe of lyons.

Young's Literal Translation
and they had hair as hair of women, and their teeth were as [those] of lions,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they had heere as the heere of wemen. And their tethe were as the tethe of lyons.

Mace New Testament (1729)
their hair was like that of women, and their teeth like the teeth of lions.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Their hair was long like a woman's, but their teeth were those of lions.

Contextual Overview

¹ And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star falling from heaven upon 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 the smoke of the pit. ³ And out of the smoke there went forth locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power: ⁴ And it was commanded them, not to hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only the men who have not the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ And it was given them, not to kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and the torment of them is as the torment of a scorpion, when he stingeth a man. ⁶ And in those days the men shall seek death, but not find it; and shall desire to die, but death will flee from them. ⁷ And the appearances of the locusts are like horses made ready for battle; and on their heads are as it were crowns like gold, and their faces are as the faces of men, ⁸ And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. ⁹ And they had breast-plates as it were breast-plates of iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. ¹⁰ And they have tails like scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their power is, to hurt men five months.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hair: 2 Kings 9:30, Isaiah 3:24, 1 Corinthians 11:14, 1 Corinthians 11:15, 1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Peter 3:3

and their: Psalms 57:4, Joel 1:6

Reciprocal: Proverbs 30:14 - whose

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they had hair, as the hair of women,.... Some locusts have smooth, others hairy heads n: this fitly points at the Arabians or Saracens, who, as Pliny says o, used to wear long hair without cutting it, and attired as women, and have their names also from women: they were called Hagarenes, from Hagar, Abraham's handmaid, by whom he had Ishmael, the father of these people; afterwards they took the name of Saracens, from Sarah, the wife of Abraham, whose posterity they would be thought to be; though they may have the latter name, either from סרק, to "rob" and "steal", with the Arabians, or from the same word, as it signifies to "comb", from the combing and plaiting: of their hair. This may also point at the effeminacy of the western locusts, the monks and friars, who dress more like women than men; and many of them claim the virgin Mary for their patroness; and may in general design the votaries of the church of Rome, who are under the vow of a monastic life, as those among the Jews, under a Nazarite's vow, wore long hair.

And their teeth were as [the teeth] of lions; so in Joel 1:6; which may denote the ravages and devastations of the Saracens in the empire, robbing, pillaging, and destroying all they met with; and is applicable enough to the devouring jaws of the Romish clergy, their plundering the estates of men, their cruelties and barbarities exercised by their Inquisition, &c. Pliny says p, that locusts will gnaw the doors of houses.

n Gloss. in T. Bab. Cholin. fol. 65. 1. o Hist. Nat. l. 6. c. 28. p L. 11. c. 29.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And 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 appearance of men who went forth to battle. Among the Greeks of ancient times, indeed, long hair was not uncommon (see the notes above referred to on 1 Corinthians 11:14), but this was by no means the usual custom among the ancients; and the fact that these warriors had long hair like women was a circumstance that would distinguish them particularly from others. On this comparison of the appearance of the locusts with the hair of women see the remarks of Niebuhr, in the notes on Revelation 9:7.

And their teeth were as the teeth of lions - Strong; suited to devour. The teeth of the locust are by no means prominent, though they are strong, for they readily cut down and eat up all vegetable substances that come in their way. But it is evident that John means to say that there was much that was unusual and remarkable in the teeth of these locusts. They would be ravenous and fierce, and would spread terror and desolation like the lions of the desert.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 9:8. Hair 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.