And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Revelation 9:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They have tails like scorpions, and they have stings, and in their tails lies their ability to hurt men for [the] five months. American Standard Version (1901) And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months. Common English Bible They also have tails with stingers, just like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months. Catholic Public Domain Version And they had tails similar to scorpions. And there were stingers in their tails, and these had the power to harm men for five months. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had over them |
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails are like unto serpents, and have heads; and with them they do hurt.
And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it striketh a man.