Now therefore, my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, with barbed whips.” ’
Revelation 9:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They have tails like scorpions, and they have stings, and in their tails lies their ability to hurt men for [the] five months. American Standard Version (1901) And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months. Common English Bible They also have tails with stingers, just like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months. Catholic Public Domain Version And they had tails similar to scorpions. And there were stingers in their tails, and these had the power to harm men for five months. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had over them |
Now therefore, my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, with barbed whips.” ’
and spoke to them according to the young men’s advice, saying, ‘My father made your yoke heavy, , but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I, with barbed whips.’
‘But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them and do not be afraid of their words, even though briars and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words or discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house.
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails, which resemble snakes, have heads that inflict injury.
Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth.
They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it stings someone.