Revelation 9:5

and 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,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The 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.

In Context

4and it-is-said to{same[plural]} in-which-place they-should_not_do-injustice-to/injure the pasture/grass of{the earth} nor every green nor every tree if not the men, the-who[plural] are_not_having the seal of{the God} upon of{the foreheads} of{same},

6and in to{the days, the-there-s}, the men will-seek the death and will_not_discover same, and they-will-desire-upon to-die-off/away and the death will-flee-self from of{same},

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Cross References

John 19:11The Jesus responds, "You-have_not_been-having authority, not-one, against/according-to of{emphatically-me} if not it-has-been-being having-been-given to{you} up-place-ly. Through the-same, the giving-aside/delivering me to{you} is-having greater sin."

Revelation 9:10and 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.

Revelation 13:5and [a] mouth speaking great[plural] and evil-assertion-ias is-given to{same}, and authority is-given to{same} to-do forty two months,

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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