Now, whereas my father laid a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will do so with scorpions.’”
Revelation 9:10 - Tree of Life Version They have tails like scorpions with stingers; and in their tails is their 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, whereas my father laid a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will do so with scorpions.’”
and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men saying, “I will make your yoke heavy—I will make it even heavier. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.”
“But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them. Do not fear their words, though thistles and thorns are beside you and you sit among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or be dismayed by their looks—for they are a rebellious house.
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads by which they inflict injuries.
Then from the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions have power over the earth.
And they were permitted not to kill them, but to torment them for five months—and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.