Revelation 9:5

And they were not permitted to kill them, but only to torment them for five months: and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when he stings a man.

Revised King James New Testament

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 they were told not to harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree; but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

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Cross References

John 19:11Jesus answered, You would have no power over me unless it was given to you from above: therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.

Revelation 9:10And they had tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails they had the power to hurt men for five months.

Revelation 13:5And there was given to him a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies; and authority was given to him to act for 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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