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Revelation 9:8

6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

7 And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.

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

9 They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

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BSB
They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.
KJV
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
WEB
They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
ASV
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as [teeth] of lions.
DARBY
and they had hair as women's hair, and their teeth were as of lions,
BLB
And they had hair as hair of women, and their teeth were as [those] of lions.
ÅB
Og de hadde hår som kvinnehår, og deres tenner var som løvetenner,
OTB
Håret deres var som kvinnehår, og tennene deres var som løvetenner.
B1930
Og de hadde hår som kvinnehår, og deres tenner var som løvetenner,

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Cross references

  • Joel 1:6

    For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

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  • 1 Peter 3:3

    Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:14–15

    Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

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  • 2 Kings 9:30

    Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

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  • 1 Timothy 2:9

    Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

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  • Isaiah 3:24

    Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.

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  • Psalms 57:4

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

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