Revelation 9:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given authority like the authority of scorpions of the earth.

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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.

Revelation 9:3 Cross References

Revelation 9:5

They were allowed to torment them for five months but not to kill them, and the agony suffered was like that caused by a scorpion when it stings someone.

Joel 1:4

What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten; and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.

Joel 2:25

I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army that I sent against you.

Deuteronomy 8:15

who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, an arid wasteland with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He made water flow for you from flint rock.

1 Kings 12:11

Now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’ ”

Judges 7:12

The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east lay along the valley as thick as locusts, and their camels were without number, countless as the sand on the seashore.

Luke 10:19

Indeed, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

Nahum 3:17

Your guards are like grasshoppers, your scribes like swarms of locusts settling on the fences on a cold day— when the sun rises, they fly away; no one knows where they have gone.

Nahum 3:15

There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the locust. Multiply yourselves like the locust; multiply like the grasshopper!

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, O mortal, do not be afraid of them, and do not be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words, and do not be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

Isaiah 33:4

Spoil was gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, they leaped upon it.

2 Chronicles 10:11

Now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’ ”

2 Chronicles 10:14

he spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

Revelation 9:7

In appearance the locusts were like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,