Wahyu 9:8

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

dan rambut mereka sama seperti rambut perempuan dan gigi mereka sama seperti gigi singa,

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dan rambut mereka sama seperti rambut perempuan dan gigi mereka sama seperti gigi singa,

Contextual Overview

¹ And the fift angell blewe, and I sawe a starre fall from heauen vnto ye earth: and to hym was geuen the key of the bottomlesse pit. ² And he opened the bottomlesse pit, and the smoke of the pit arose, as the smoke of a great fornace, and the sunne and the ayre were darkened by the reason of the smoke of the pit. ³ And there came out of the smoke locustes vpon the earth, and vnto them was geuen power, as the scorpions of the earth haue power. ⁴ And it was commaunded them that they shoulde not hurt the grasse of the earth, neither any greene thing, neither any tree: but only those men which haue not the seale of God in their forheades. ⁵ And to them was commaunded that they should not kyll them, but that they shoulde be vexed fiue monethes, and their paine was as the payne that commeth of a scorpion when he hath stong a man. ⁶ And in those dayes shall men seke death, and shall not fynde it, and shall desire to dye, and death shall flee from them. ⁷ And the similitude of the locustes was like vnto horses prepared vnto battayle, and on their heades were as it were crownes lyke vnto golde, and their faces were as it had ben the faces of men. ⁸ And they had heere as the heere of women, & their teeth were as ye teeth of Lions. ⁹ And they had habbergions as it were habbergions of iron, and the sounde of their wynges was as ye sounde of charrettes when many horses runne together to batayle. ¹⁰ And they had tayles lyke vnto scorpions, and there were stynges in their tayles: and their power was to hurt men fiue monethes.

Bible Verse Review
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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.