Revelation 9:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Revelation 9:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Revelation 9:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Revelation 9:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.”
Revelation 9:5 — World English Bible
Revelation 9:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And it was given them 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 it striketh a man. ”
Revelation 9:5 — American Standard Version
Revelation 9:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment <FI>is<Fi> as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man;”
Revelation 9:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Revelation 9:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and it was given to them 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 it strikes a man. ”
Revelation 9:5 — Darby Translation
Revelation 9:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And to them was comanded that they should not kill them, but that they should be vexed fiue moneths, and that their paine should be as the paine that commeth of a scorpion, when he hath stung a man.”
Revelation 9:5 — Geneva Bible
Revelation 9:5 in Context — Revelation 9
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 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.
5 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.
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
What Does Revelation 9:5 Mean?
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