Revelation 9:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

And orders were given them not to put them to death, but to give them great pain for five months: and their pain was as the pain from the wound of a scorpion.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

2 Chronicles 10:14

But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

Job 2:6

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.

Daniel 7:6

After this I saw another beast, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings like those of a bird; and the beast had four heads, and the power of a ruler was given to it.

John 19:11

Jesus gave this answer: You would have no power at all over me if it was not given to you by God; so that he who gave me up to you has the greater sin.

Revelation 11:7

And when they have come to the end of their witness, the beast which comes up out of the great deep will make war on them and overcome them and put them to death.

Revelation 13:5

And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.

Revelation 13:7

And it was given to him to make war on the saints and to overcome them: and there was given to him authority over every tribe and people and language and nation.

Revelation 9:10

And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.

Revelation 9:3

And from the smoke locusts came out on the earth; and power was given them, like the power of scorpions.