Revelation 9:5 - Tree of Life Version

⁵ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ 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)

⁵ 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

⁵ 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

⁵ 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.

Revelation 9:5 Tagairtí Cros

2 Chronicles 10:11

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.’”

2 Chronicles 10:14

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.”

Job 2:6

Adonai said to the satan, “Very well, he is in your hand—only spare his life!”

Ezekiel 2:6

“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.

Daniel 7:6

“After that I looked, and behold, there was another one like a leopard. On its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.

John 19:11

Yeshua answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it hadn’t been given to you from above. For this reason, the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”

Revelation 11:7

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the abyss will make war on them, and overcome them and kill them.

Revelation 13:5

The beast was given a mouth uttering great boasts and blasphemies. It was given authority to act for forty-two months.

Revelation 13:7

He was also permitted to make war against the kedoshim and overcome them, and he was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

Revelation 9:10

They have tails like scorpions with stingers; and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.

Revelation 9:3

Then from the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions have power over the earth.