Revelation 9:5

Easy To Read Version

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.

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.”

Job 2:6

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, Job is in your power. But you are not allowed to kill him.”

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.

Daniel 7:6

“After that, I looked, and there in front of me was another animal. This animal looked like a leopard. {\cf2\super [73]} And the leopard had four wings on its back. The wings looked like a bird’s wings. This animal had four heads. It was given authority to rule.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. So the man who gave me to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

Revelation 11:7

When the two witnesses have finished telling their message, the animal will fight against them. This is the animal that comes up from the bottomless pit. The animal will defeat them and kill them.

Revelation 13:5

The animal was allowed to say proud words and very evil things. The animal was allowed to use his power for 42 months.

Revelation 13:7

The animal was given power to make war against God’s holy people {\cf2\super [93]} and to defeat them. The animal was given power over every tribe, race of people, language, and nation.

Revelation 9:10

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.

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]}