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Revelation 9:10

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Revelation 9:5

    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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  • Revelation 9:3

    And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

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  • Revelation 9:19

    For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

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