Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

They should not

They should be

And their

Bible References

It was

Revelation 13:5
there was given to him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemy; and power was given to him for two and forty months.
John 19:11
Jesus answered, you could not have any power over me, except you deriv'd it from above: therefore they who delivered me into your hands are the most culpable.

They should not

Revelation 11:7
when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit, will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.

They should be

Revelation 9:10
they had stings in their tails like scorpions; and they had leave to molest men for five months with their stings.

And their

Revelation 9:3
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.