Revelation 9:5

5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented mfive months: and their torment was as the torment of ha scorpion, when he striketh a man.

Revelation 9:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes.

Revelation 9:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

5 They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.

Revelation 9:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

5 They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting.

Revelation 9:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

5 And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

Revelation 9:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

5 These locusts were not given the power to kill anyone, but to cause pain to the people for five months. And the pain they felt was like the pain a scorpion gives when it stings someone.

Revelation 9:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

5 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 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

5 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 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

5 They were not allowed to kill them. They were only allowed to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion’s sting.

Revelation 9:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

5 They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it strikes a man.

Revelation 9:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

5 They were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings someone.

Revelation 9:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

5 And it was granted to them that they should not kill them, but that they would be tormented five months, and their torment is like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a person.

Revelation 9:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

5 They were not allowed to kill them. But they could hurt them over and over for five months. The pain the people suffered was like the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

Revelation 9:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

5 And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.

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m	ver. 10.
h	ver. 5, 10. See Luke 11:12.