Revelation 9:4

And it was said to them, that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3And out of the smoke went forth locusts into the earth; and there was given to them power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

5And it was given to them, that they should not kill them, but that they shall be tormented five months. And their torment is as the torment of a scorpion, when it has smitten a man.

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Cross References

Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

Revelation 6:6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four animals, saying: A quart of wheat[6:6] for a denary, and three quarts of barley for a denary; and: Hurt not the oil and the wine.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:2-13

The Seven Trumpets. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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