NET Bible
"The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person."
— Revelation 9:5, NET Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“And 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.”
“And orders were given them not to put them to death, but to give them great pain for five months: and their pain was as the pain from the wound of a scorpion.”
“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.”
He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.
Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
They were told not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead.
The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.
In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Now the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, and their faces looked like men’s faces.
They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.