Revelation 9:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Revelation 9:8 - Albert 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...
Revelation 9:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Fifth Trumpet or the First Woe. The seer sees a star fallen on the earth. The star seems to represent a person, possibly Satan ( cf. Luke 10:18 ). abyss: the word properly means bottomless,...
Revelation 9:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. Hair as the hair of women - No razor passes upon their flesh. Their hair long, and their beards unshaven. Their...
Revelation 9:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But that they should be tormented five months, &c.— But that they should torment, &c. one hundred and fifty years, from the year 612 to the year 762. See on Revelation 9:10 . As the Sara...
Revelation 9:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. Hair of women - long and flowing. Sign of a half-civilized race ( 1 Corinthians 11:14-15 ). An Arabic prove...
Revelation 9:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets These herald woes upon the ungodly and idolatrous, inflicted both by demonic and by human agency. 1-12. The fifth trumpet initiates the first of the three woes. A s...
Revelation 9:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(8) And they had hair... — Translate, And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions, and they had breastplates as iron breastplates; and the sound of their wing...
Revelation 9:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Out of the Smoke of the Pit” Revelation 9:1-11 This chapter reminds us of the prophet Joel who, under the imagery of a swarm of locusts, depicted the coming invasion of hostile nations. Whethe...
Revelation 9:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the sounding of the fifth trumpet the procedure of judgment takes a new form, passing from the material to the spiritual. The loosing of Satan is suggestive of the manifestation of satanic agency...
Revelation 9:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto 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 ou...
Revelation 9:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 cutt...
Revelation 9:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. Ver. 8. As the hair of women ] Insinuative, and inductive to sin. As the teeth of lions ] Joel 1:6 . Cat...
Revelation 9:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle In this and the two following verses, the nature and qualities of these locusts are described, partly in allusion to the propert...
Revelation 9:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Fifth Trumpet: A Demon Infestation (vv. 1-12) The sounding of the fifth trumpet discloses "a star fallen from heaven:" it is already fallen (v. 1). This is the same star that fell under...
Revelation 9:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Seven Trumpets. A. D. 95. 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven...
Revelation 9:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And they had hair as the hair of women; dishevelled, or hanging loose; the Arabians were wont to go so; or this may signify, that they were beautiful as well as terrible to look upon. And their te...
Revelation 9:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And the shapes of the locusts were like horses made ready for war, and on their heads were, as it were, crowns similar to gold, and their faces were like men's faces. They had hair like the hair of...
Revelation 9:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE FIFTH AND SIXTH WOE-TRUMPETS CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Revelation 9:1 . Fall .—Better, “fallen”; that had fallen. A star would seem to represent a false teacher. Some think Mahomet is...
Revelation 9:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 9:1 . The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star, the vile impostor Mahomed, fall from heaven unto the earth. And to him was given the key of the bottomless pit: it should read, the ke...
Revelation 9:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; a star from heaven fallen unto the earth (Revised Version); not saw a star fal...
Revelation 9:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The plague of the locusts:
Revelation 9:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:14 ; 1 Corinthians 11:15 ; 1 Peter 3:3 ; 1 Timothy 2:9 ; 2 Kings 9:30 ; Isaiah 3:24 ; Joel 1:6 ; Psalms 57:4
Revelation 9:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And they had hair as the hair of women — All the Persians of old gloried in long hair. And their teeth were as the teeth of lions — Breaking and tearing all things in pieces.

Revelation 9:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Revelation 9:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Revelation 9:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Revelation 9:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Revelation 9:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 9:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Revelation 9:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 9:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Revelation 9:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 9:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Revelation 9:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Revelation 9:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 9:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes