Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then out of the smoke came
King James Version
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Holman Bible
Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power
International Standard Version
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that of earthly scorpions.
A Conservative Version
And locusts came forth out of the smoke upon the earth, and power was given to them, like the scorpions of the earth have power.
American Standard Version
And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Amplified
Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power [to hurt] was given to them, like the power which the earth’s scorpions have.
An Understandable Version
And locusts swarmed down out of the smoke to earth and they were given power like scorpions on earth have.
Anderson New Testament
And out of the smoke there came locusts upon the earth; and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Bible in Basic English
And from the smoke locusts came out on the earth; and power was given them, like the power of scorpions.
Common New Testament
Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and there came out of the smoke locusts upon the land; and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Darby Translation
And out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power;
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
And out of the smoke there came locusts upon the earth; and power was given to them, as scorpions of the earth have power.
Godbey New Testament
And locusts came out of the smoke into the earth: and power was given unto them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Goodspeed New Testament
Out of the smoke locusts descended upon the earth, but with powers like those of earthly scorpions.
John Wesley New Testament
And out of the smoke there went forth locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power:
Julia Smith Translation
And out of the smoke came forth locusts into the earth: and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
King James 2000
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And out of the smoke locusts came to the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions of the earth have power.
Modern King James verseion
And out of the smoke came forth locusts onto the earth. And authority was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have authority.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: And unto them was given power as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Moffatt New Testament
And out of the smoke came locusts on the earth; they were granted power like the power wielded by scorpions on earth,
Montgomery New Testament
And out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth; they were given power like that of scorpions on the earth.
NET Bible
Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
New Heart English Bible
Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Noyes New Testament
And out of the smoke went forth locusts upon the earth, and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power;
Sawyer New Testament
And from the smoke went out locusts on the earth, and power was given them like the power which scorpions of the earth have.
The Emphasized Bible
And, out of the smoke, came forth, locusts, upon the earth; and there was given unto them licence, as the scorpions of the earth have licence.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given to them, such power as the scorpions of the earth possess.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Out of the smoke locusts descended upon the earth, and they received the same power as that possessed by scorpions.
Webster
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Weymouth New Testament
And from the midst of the smoke there came locusts on to the earth, and power was given to them resembling the power which earthly scorpions possess.
Williams New Testament
Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, but the power that was given to them was like the power of earthly scorpions.
World English Bible
Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Worrell New Testament
And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and authority was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have authority.
Worsley New Testament
And out of the smoke there came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, even as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Youngs Literal Translation
And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, as scorpions of the earth have authority,
Themes
Altar of incense » A type of Christ
Armies » Compared to » Locusts
Locusts » Illustrative » Of false teachers of the apostacy
Interlinear
Exerchomai
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 9:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Tormenting Locusts From The Abyss
2
He opened the bottomless pit. Smoke came out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace. The smoke from the pit darkened the sun and the air.
3 Then out of the smoke came
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:6
Son of man, do not be afraid of them or the things they say. Do not be afraid, even though thorns and thistles are around you and you live among scorpions. Do not let the things they say frighten you. Do not be terrified in their presence even though they are rebellious people.
Revelation 9:5
The locusts were not to kill them, but should torment them for five months: and their torment was the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a man.
Exodus 10:4-15
If you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
Deuteronomy 8:15
He was the one who led you through that vast and dangerous wilderness. It was a parched, arid land, with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He was the one who made water come out of solid rock for you.
Judges 7:12
The Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribesmen were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts. They had so many camels they could not be counted. They were as plentiful as there are grains of sand on the seashore.
1 Kings 12:11
If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder! My father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.'
Isaiah 33:4
Your plunder, O nations, is harvested like young devouring locusts; like a swarm of cockroaches men pounce on it.
Joel 1:4
That which the gnawing locust left the swarming locust ate. That which the swarming locust left the creeping locust ate. That which the creeping locust left other locusts ate.
Joel 2:25
I will make up to you the years that the locust has eaten, my great army that I sent among you.
Nahum 3:15
You will be burned to death or killed in battle. You will be devoured like crops eaten by locusts. You grew in number like locusts!
Nahum 3:17
Your princes are as the locusts, and your officers as the swarms of grasshoppers. They encamp in the hedges on a cold day, but when the sun shines they flee away and no one knows where they go.
Luke 10:19
Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any way hurt you.
Revelation 9:10-11
Their tails were like scorpions' tails, for there were stings in their tails. They had power to hurt men five months.