Revelation 9:5 - Common English BibleThe locusts weren’t allowed to kill them, but only to make them suffer for five months—and the suffering they inflict is like that of a scorpion when it strikes a person. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769And 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. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic EditionThey were not permitted to kill them, but to torment (distress, vex) them for five months; and the pain caused them was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a person. See the chapterAmerican 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. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionAnd it was given to them that they would not kill them, but that they would torture them for five months. And their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when he strikes a man. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionAnd it was given unto them that they should not kill them; but that they should torment them five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man. See the chapter |