Revelation 9:5

The Passion Translation

The locusts were given authority to torment them for five months, but not to kill them. Their painful torment is like the scorpion’s sting,

Cross References

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or of anything they say, even though you may feel like you are stepping on thorns and sitting on scorpions. Do not be afraid of their angry words or intimidated by their glaring stares, for they are rebellion personified!

Daniel 7:6

After that, as I looked on, behold, there was another one that looked like a tiger. On its back were four large wings of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority for dominion.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. This is why the one who betrayed me is guilty of an even greater sin.”

Revelation 11:7

When their testimony is completed, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will wage war against them and conquer them and kill them.

Revelation 13:5

The wild beast was given a mouth to speak boastful and blasphemous words, and he was permitted to exercise authority for forty-two months.

Revelation 13:7

The beast was given the authority to wage war against the holy believers. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Revelation 9:10

They had tails and stingers like scorpions, with power to injure people for five months.

Revelation 9:3

And out of the smoke appeared locusts swarming onto the earth, and they were given authority like that of scorpions to inflict pain.