Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
Then out of the smoke came
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 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 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. 4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Cross References
Ezekiel 2:6
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Revelation 9:5
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.
Exodus 10:4-15
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
Deuteronomy 8:15
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Judges 7:12
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
1 Kings 12:11
And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Isaiah 33:4
And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
Joel 1:4
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
Joel 2:25
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Nahum 3:15
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
Nahum 3:17
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
Luke 10:19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Revelation 9:10-11
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.