Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
They were not allowed to kill them, but were only allowed to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone.
A Conservative Version
And it was given them that they would not kill them, but that they would be tormented five months. And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
American Standard Version
And it was given them 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 it striketh a man.
Amplified
They were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment and cause them extreme pain for five months; and their torment was like the torment from a scorpion when it stings a man.
An Understandable Version
And the locusts were not given the power to kill these people, but [only] to torture them for five months. And the torment they would inflict was like a scorpion stinging a person.
Anderson New Testament
And they were permitted, not to kill them, but to torment them five months; and the torment inflicted by them was like the torment inflicted by a scorpion, when he stings a man.
Bible in Basic English
And orders were given them not to put them to death, but to give them great pain for five months: and their pain was as the pain from the wound of a scorpion.
Common New Testament
They were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and to them was power given, not to kill them, but to torment them five months: and their pain was like the pain which a scorpion produces when it strikes a man.
Darby Translation
and it was given to them 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 it strikes a man.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
And it was not given to them to kill them, but to torment them five months: and their torment was like that of a scorpion when it stings a man.
Godbey New Testament
And it was given to them 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 may strike a man.
Goodspeed New Testament
They were not allowed to kill anyone, but only to torture them for five months, and the torture they inflicted was like that caused by a scorpion when it stings a man.
John Wesley New Testament
And it was given them, not to kill them, but that they should be tormented five months; and the torment of them is as the torment of a scorpion, when he stingeth a man.
Julia Smith Translation
And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tortured five months: and their torture as the torture of a scorpion, when he should strike a man.
King James 2000
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 it strikes a man.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And it was granted to them that they should not kill them, but that they would be tormented five months, and their torment [is] like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.
Modern King James verseion
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months. And their torment was like a scorpion's torment when he stings a man.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and to them was commanded that they should not kill them, but that they should be vexed five months, and their pain was as the pain that cometh of a scorpion, when he hath stung a man.
Moffatt New Testament
these they were allowed, not to kill but to torture, for five months ??and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a man.
Montgomery New Testament
Yet they were not permitted to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man.
NET Bible
The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.
New Heart English Bible
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.
Noyes New Testament
and it was given to them 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 it hath struck a man.
Sawyer New Testament
And it was given them not to kill them, but to sting them five months; and their sting was like the sting of a scorpion, when he strikes a man.
The Emphasized Bible
And it was given unto them, that they should not slay them, but that they should be tormented five months; and, the torture of them, was as of a scorpion's torture, whensoever it smiteth a man.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And it was given them in charge that they should not kill these men outright, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment is as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Yet they were not allowed to kill them, but it was ordered that those men should be tortured for five months. Their torture was like the torture caused by a scorpion when it stings a man.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
Their mission was not to kill, but to cause awful agony for five months; and this agony was like that which a scorpion inflicts when it stings a man.
Williams New Testament
They were not permitted to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and the torture they inflicted was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a man.
World English Bible
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.
Worrell New Testament
And it was given to them, 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 it strikes a man.
Worsley New Testament
And to them was given power, not to kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it striketh a man.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment is as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man;
Themes
Scorpions » Illustrative » Ministers of antiChrist
Topics
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References
Word Count of 38 Translations in Revelation 9:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Tormenting Locusts From The Abyss
4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads. 5 They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In those days people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Cross References
Revelation 9:10
and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power
Revelation 9:3
Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power
Job 2:6
“Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “he is in your power; only spare his life.”
Daniel 5:18-22
Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty,
Daniel 7:6
“While I was watching, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard
John 19:11
Revelation 11:7
When they finish their testimony, the beast
Revelation 13:5
A mouth was given to him to speak boasts and blasphemies.
Revelation 13:7
And he was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. He was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.