Now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’ ”
Revelation 9:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They were allowed to torment them for five months but not to kill them, and the agony suffered was like that caused by a scorpion when it stings someone. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They were not permitted to kill them, but to torment (distress, vex) them for five months; and the pain caused them was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a person. American Standard Version (1901) And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it striketh a man. Common English Bible The locusts weren’t allowed to kill them, but only to make them suffer for five months—and the suffering they inflict is like that of a scorpion when it strikes a person. Catholic Public Domain Version And it was given to them that they would not kill them, but that they would torture them for five months. And their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when he strikes a man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it was given unto them that they should not kill them; but that they should torment them five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man. |
Now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’ ”
he spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”
The Lord said to the accuser, “Very well, he is in your power; only spare his life.”
And you, O mortal, do not be afraid of them, and do not be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words, and do not be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
After this, as I watched, another appeared, like a leopard. The beast had four wings of a bird on its back and four heads, and dominion was given to it.
Jesus answered him, “You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will wage war on them and conquer them and kill them,
The beast was given a mouth speaking arrogant and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.
Also, it was allowed to wage war on the saints and to conquer them. It was given authority over every tribe and people and language and nation,
They have tails like scorpions, with stingers, and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given authority like the authority of scorpions of the earth.