Revelation 9:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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

1 Kings 12:11

And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’ ”

2 Chronicles 10:11

And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’ ”

2 Chronicles 10:14

King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

Isaiah 33:4

and spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, men leap upon it.

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit upon scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

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 restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.

Nahum 3:15

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

Nahum 3:17

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

Luke 10:19

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.

Deuteronomy 8:15

who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock,

Revelation 9:5

they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man.

Revelation 9:7

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

Judges 7:12

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the seashore for multitude.