Revelation 9:5

Good News Translation

The locusts were not allowed to kill these people, but only to torture them for five months. The pain caused by the torture is like the pain caused by a scorpion's sting.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

Tell them, ‘My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!’”

2 Chronicles 10:14

as the younger men had advised. He said, “My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!”

Job 2:6

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

Ezekiel 2:6

“But you, mortal man, must not be afraid of them or of anything they say. They will defy and despise you; it will be like living among scorpions. Still, don't be afraid of those rebels or of anything they say.

Daniel 7:6

While I was watching, another beast appeared. It looked like a leopard, but on its back there were four wings, like the wings of a bird, and it had four heads. It had a look of authority about it.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You have authority over me only because it was given to you by God. So the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a worse sin.”

Revelation 11:7

When they finish proclaiming their message, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will fight against them. He will defeat them and kill them,

Revelation 13:5

The beast was allowed to make proud claims which were insulting to God, and it was permitted to have authority for forty-two months.

Revelation 13:7

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

Revelation 9:10

They have tails and stings like those of a scorpion, and it is with their tails that they have the power to hurt people for five months.

Revelation 9:3

Locusts came down out of the smoke upon the earth, and they were given the same kind of power that scorpions have.