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.

And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short time.