Revelation 9:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³ And locusts swarmed down out of the smoke to earth and they were given power like scorpions on earth have.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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

³ 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)

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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

³ 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:

Revelation 9:3 Cross References

Luke 10:19

See, I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions [i.e., to receive protection from accidental contact with venomous creatures. See Acts 28:5] and [to have authority] over all the power of the enemy [i.e., Satan. See verse 18]. And nothing at all will hurt you.

Revelation 9:5

And the locusts were not given the power to kill these people, but [only] to torture them for five months. And the torment they would inflict was like a scorpion stinging a person.

Revelation 9:7

And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads [they wore] what appeared to be golden crowns, and their faces looked like the faces of human beings.