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They had hair like women`s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions.
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Teeth of a Lion
Multiple commentators connect the locusts' 'teeth of lions' to a similar description in the book of Joel. This imagery is not about their physical makeup but their function: to be terrifyingly destructive, voracious, and fierce in carrying out their torment, spreading devastation like a ravenous lion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they had hair as the hair of women. Long hair; not such as men commonly wear, but such as women wear (see Barnes' Notes on [Reference …
They had (ειχαν). Imperfect active, late form as in Mr 8:7 in place of the usual ειχον.
As hair of women (…
19th Century
Anglican
And they had hair . . .—Translate, And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions, and the…
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The fifth trumpet: The first woe. John now focuses attention on the fifth and sixth trumpets (first and second woes) by giving more than twice the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they had hair, as the hair of women Some locusts have smooth, others hairy heads F14 : this fitly poi…
Upon the sounding of the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by th…
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