hair like Samsons hair (woman, translation, Catholic, God)

[granpa]

Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. 3 Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.


7 The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like Samsons hair

[georgeinbandonoregon]

FWIW, the KJV translation of the particular passage (Rev. 9) has that the "scorpions" had "hair like that of a WOMAN" (ditto for the current Catholic translation). would guess that whatever way the words in the description of the creatures are precisely rendered is only to show their horrific appearance and fearsome power to punish those who do evil and reject ("who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads") God. IMHO, quibbling on the exact words ("like a woman" OR "like Samson") does not change that meaning in any way---the scorpions are powerful scourges who nobody wants to have coming after them!!!