Revelation 9:5
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9:5The locusts13 were not given permission14 to kill15 them, but only to torture16 them17 for five months, and their torture was like that18 of a scorpion when it stings a person.19
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- 13 Grk “It was not permitted to them”; the referent (the locusts) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 14 The word “permission” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
- 15 The two ἵνα (hina) clauses of 9:5 are understood to be functioning as epexegetical or complementary clauses related to ἐδόθη (edothē).
- 16 On this term βασανισμός states,”1. infliction of severe suffering or pain associated with torture or torment, tormenting, torture Rv 9:5b.—2. the severe pain experienced through torture, torment vs. 5a; 14:11; 18:10, 15; (w. πένθος) vs. 7.”
- 17 The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text but is picked up from the previous clause.
- 18 Grk “like the torture,” but this is redundant in contemporary English.
- 19 Grk “a man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos) is used here in an individualized sense without being limited to the male gender.
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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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