Revelation 9:5

New Living Translation

They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

Yes, my father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!’”

2 Chronicles 10:14

and followed the counsel of his younger advisers. He told the people, “My father laid heavy burdens on you, but I’m going to make them even heavier! My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions!”

Job 2:6

“All right, do with him as you please,” the Lord said to Satan. “But spare his life.”

Ezekiel 2:6

“Son of man, do not fear them or their words. Don’t be afraid even though their threats surround you like nettles and briers and stinging scorpions. Do not be dismayed by their dark scowls, even though they are rebels.

Daniel 7:6

Then the third of these strange beasts appeared, and it looked like a leopard. It had four bird’s wings on its back, and it had four heads. Great authority was given to this beast.

John 19:11

Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

Revelation 11:7

When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them.

Revelation 13:5

Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted for forty-two months.

Revelation 13:7

And the beast was allowed to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And he was given authority to rule over every tribe and people and language and nation.

Revelation 9:10

They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people.

Revelation 9:3

Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions.