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Revelation 9:10

8 They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.

9 They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

11 They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.

12 The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.

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BSB
They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
KJV
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
WEB
They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
ASV
And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.
DARBY
and they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and their power [was] in their tails to hurt men five months.
BLB
And they have tails and stingers like scorpions, and in their tails [is] their authority to harm men [for] five months.
ÅB
Og de har stjerter som skorpioner, og brodder, og i deres stjerter ligger deres makt til å skade menneskene i fem måneder.
OTB
De hadde haler med brodder som skorpioner, og i halene hadde de makt til å pine mennesker i fem måneder.
B1930
Og de har stjerter som skorpioner, og brodder, og i deres stjerter ligger deres makt til å skade menneskene i fem måneder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Revelation 9:5

    The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.

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  • Revelation 9:3

    And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

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  • Revelation 9:19

    For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.

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