Revelation 9:10

and they-are-having tails similar/analogous to{scorpions} and goads/pricks/spurs/sharp-points, and in to{the tails} of{same[plural]} the authority of{same[plural]} to-do-injustice-to/injure the men five months.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9and they-have-been-having trunks/chests/breastplates as iron trunks/chests/breastplates, and the sound of{the wings} of{same} as sound of{chariots} of{many horses hurrying} into war,

11They-are-having upon of{same[plural]} [a] king, the messenger of{the bottomless-depth}, name to{same} Hebrew-ly "Abaddon," and in to{the Greek} name is-having "Apollyon."

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Cross References

Luke 11:12Or also if-supposing he-may-give-cause-for/request [an] egg, he-will_not_upon-give [a] scorpion to{same}.

Revelation 9:5and it-is-given to{same[plural]} in-which-place they-should_not_be-killing-off/away same; contrariwise, in-which-place they-may-be-tortured five months, and the torture of{same} as torture of{[a] scorpion} when-supposing it-may-strike [a] man,

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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