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 9:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then out of the smoke locusts came forth on the earth, and such power was granted them as the power the earth's scorpions have. [Exod. 10: 12-15.] American Standard Version (1901) And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. Common English Bible Then locusts came forth from the smoke and onto the earth. They were given power like the power that scorpions have on the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version And locusts went forth from the smoke of the well into the earth. And power was given to them, like the power that the scorpions of the earth have. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power: |
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 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 your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpiller gathereth: as locusts leap shall they leap upon it.
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.
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall devour thee like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust.
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.
who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
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.
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as it were crowns like unto gold, and their faces were as men's faces.
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea shore for multitude.