Revelation 9:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The locusts were allowed to make them suffer for five months, but not to kill them. The suffering they caused was like the sting of a scorpion.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

He made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”

2 Chronicles 10:14

and told them exactly what his own advisers had suggested. He said: “My father made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”

Job 2:6

“All right!” the LORD replied. “Make Job suffer as much as you want, but just don't kill him.”

Ezekiel 2:6

Don't be afraid of them or of anything they say. You may think you're in the middle of thorn bushes or scorpions. But be brave

Daniel 7:6

The third beast was like a leopard—except that it had four wings and four heads. It was given authority to rule.

John 19:11

Jesus replied, “If God had not given you the power, you couldn't do anything at all to me. But the one who handed me over to you did something even worse.”

Revelation 11:7

After the two witnesses have finished preaching God's message, the beast that lives in the deep pit will come up and fight against them. It will win the battle and kill them.

Revelation 13:5

The beast was allowed to boast and claim to be God, and for forty-two months it was allowed to rule.

Revelation 13:7

It was allowed to fight against God's people and defeat them. It was also given authority over the people of every tribe, nation, language, and race.

Revelation 9:10

Their tails were like a scorpion's tail with a sting that had the power to hurt someone for five months.

Revelation 9:3

Locusts came out of the smoke and covered the earth. They were given the same power that scorpions have.