Revelation 9:10

Easy To Read Version

The locusts had tails with stingers like scorpions. {\cf2\super [68]} The power they had to give people pain for five months was in their tails.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

My father loaded you with a heavy burden. But I will make that burden heavier. My father punished you with whips. But I will punish you with whips that have sharp metal tips.’”

2 Chronicles 10:14

King Rehoboam talked to the people the way the young men advised him. He said, “My father made your burden heavy, but I will make it heavier. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with whips that have sharp metal tips.”

Ezekiel 2:6

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [14]} don’t be afraid of those people. Don’t be afraid of the things they say. It is true, they will turn against you and try to hurt you. They will be like thorns. You will think you are living with scorpions. {\cf2\super [15]} But don’t be afraid of the things they say. They are a rebellious people. But don’t be afraid of them.

Luke 11:12

Or, if your son asks for an egg, would you give him a scorpion {\cf2\super [199]} ? No!

Revelation 9:19

The horses’ power was in their mouths and also in their tails. Their tails were like snakes that have heads to bite and hurt people.

Revelation 9:3

Then locusts {\cf2\super [65]} came down to the earth out of the smoke. They were given the power \{to sting\} like scorpions. {\cf2\super [66]}

Revelation 9:5

These locusts were given the power to give pain to the people for five months. But the locusts were not given the power to kill the people. And the pain that the people felt was like the pain that a scorpion gives when it stings a person.