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 De la fumée sortirent des sauterelles, qui se répandirent sur la terre; et il leur fut donné un pouvoir comme le pouvoir qu’ont les scorpions de la terre.
4 Il leur fut dit de ne point faire de mal à l’herbe de la terre, ni à aucune verdure, ni à aucun arbre, mais seulement aux hommes qui n’avaient pas le sceau de Dieu sur le front.
5 Il leur fut donné, non de les tuer, mais de les tourmenter pendant cinq mois; et le tourment qu’elles causaient était comme le tourment que cause le scorpion, quand il pique un homme.
6 En ces jours-là, les hommes chercheront la mort, et ils ne la trouveront pas; ils désireront mourir, et la mort fuira loin d’eux.
7 Ces sauterelles ressemblaient à des chevaux préparés pour le combat; il y avait sur leurs têtes comme des couronnes semblables à de l’or, et leurs visages étaient comme des visages d’hommes.
What Does Revelation 9:5 Mean?
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