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
And there was given him a mouth full of boastful and blasphemous words; and liberty of action was granted him for forty-two months.
John 19:11
"You would have had no power whatever over me," replied Jesus, "had it not been granted you from above. On that account he who has delivered me up to you is more guilty than you are."

They should not

Revelation 11:7
"And when they have fully delivered their testimony, the Wild Beast which is to rise out of the bottomless pit will make war upon them and overcome them and kill them.

They should be

Revelation 9:10
They had tails like those of scorpions, and also stings; and in their tails lay their power of injuring mankind for five months.

And their

Revelation 9:3
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.