Revelation 9:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Joel 1:6 : 6 For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.
  • 1 Pet 3:3 : 3 Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;
  • 1 Cor 11:14-15 : 14 Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him? 15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering.
  • 1 Tim 2:9 : 9 And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;
  • 2 Kgs 9:30 : 30 And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
  • Isa 3:24 : 24 And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free.

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  • Rev 9:9-11
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    9 And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight.

    10 And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.

    11 They have over them as king the angel of the great deep: his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek language Apollyon.

  • 7 And the forms of the locusts were like horses made ready for war; and on their heads they had crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

  • Rev 9:16-19
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    16 And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: the number of them came to my ears.

    17 And so I saw the horses in the vision, and those who were seated on them, having breastplates of fire and glass and of burning stone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and a smell of burning.

    18 By these evils a third part of men was put to death, by the fire, and the smoke, and the burning smell which came out of their mouths.

    19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails: because their tails are like snakes, and have heads, and with them they give wounds.

  • 6 For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

  • Song 6:5-7
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    5 Let your eyes be turned away from me; see, they have overcome me; your hair is as a flock of goats which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

    6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.

    7 Like pomegranate fruit are the sides of your head under your veil.

  • Ezek 1:10-11
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    10 As for the form of their faces, they had the face of a man, and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side, and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four of them had the face of an eagle.

    11 And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.

  • Joel 2:4-5
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    4 Their form is like the form of horses, and they are running like war-horses.

    5 Like the sound of war-carriages they go jumping on the tops of the mountains; like the noise of a flame of fire burning up the grain-stems, like a strong people lined up for the fight.

  • 6 O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

  • 2 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep whose wool is newly cut, which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.

  • Ezek 1:5-8
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    5 And in the heart of it were the forms of four living beings. And this was what they were like; they had the form of a man.

    6 And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.

    7 And their feet were straight feet; and the under sides of their feet were like the feet of oxen; and they were shining like polished brass.

    8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings; the four of them had faces on their four sides.

  • 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second like an ox, and the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

  • 8 And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.

  • 10 Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

  • Rev 9:3-5
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    3 And from the smoke locusts came out on the earth; and power was given them, like the power of scorpions.

    4 And they were ordered to do no damage to the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only to such men as have not the mark of God on their brows.

    5 And orders were given them not to put them to death, but to give them great pain for five months: and their pain was as the pain from the wound of a scorpion.

  • Dan 7:4-7
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    4 The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; while I was watching its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from the earth and placed on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

    5 And I saw another beast, like a bear, and it was lifted up on one side, and three side-bones were in its mouth, between its teeth: and they said to it, Up! take much flesh.

    6 After this I saw another beast, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings like those of a bird; and the beast had four heads, and the power of a ruler was given to it.

    7 After this, in my vision of the night, I saw a fourth beast, a thing causing fear and very troubling, full of power and very strong; and it had great iron teeth: it took its food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping down the rest with its feet: it was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns.

  • Isa 5:28-29
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    28 Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.

    29 The sound of their armies will be like the voice of a lion, and their war-cry like the noise of young lions: with loud cries they will come down on their food and will take it away safely, and there will be no one to take it out of their hands.

  • 13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

  • 2 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power and his seat and great authority.

  • 14 The plates of his flesh are joined together, fixed, and not to be moved.

  • 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

  • 18 And they will put haircloth round them, and deep fear will be covering them; and shame will be on all faces, and the hair gone from all their heads.

  • 19 Then it was my desire to have certain knowledge about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, a cause of great fear, whose teeth were of iron and his nails of brass; who took his food, crushing some of it to bits and stamping on the rest with his feet;

  • 24 They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

  • 18 And I saw that they had edges, and their edges, even of the four, were full of eyes round about.

  • 12 And the edges of the four wheels were full of eyes round about.

  • Nah 2:11-12
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    11 Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.

    12 Where is the lions' hole, the place where the young lions got their food, where the lion and the she-lion were walking with their young, without cause for fear?

  • 14 And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

  • 12 Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.

  • 23 Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side.

  • 38 They will be crying out together like lions, their voices will be like the voices of young lions.