And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’ ”
Revelation 9:5 - Revised Standard Version they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’ ”
King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power; only spare his life.”
And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit upon scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
After this I looked, and lo, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back; and the beast had 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 he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.”
And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends from the bottomless pit will make war upon them and conquer them and kill them,
And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months;
Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and tongue and nation,
They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails.
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth;