Revelation 9:5
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They were ordered to torture but not kill, torture them for five months, the pain like a scorpion sting.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
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 stings someone.
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NLTNew Living Translation
They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
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.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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