Revelation 9:5
They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.
Read Revelation 9 Compare translations Original words
Cross references
- Revelation 9:10 They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
- Job 2:6 Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”
- Revelation 9:3 Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.