Revelation 9:3
1 Then the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to earth, and it was given the key to the pit of the Abyss.
2 The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
- ASV
- And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
- DARBY
- And out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power;
- BLB
- And out of the smoke, locusts came out unto the earth, and authority was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have authority.
- ÅB
- Og ut av røyken kom det gresshopper over jorden, og det ble gitt dem makt, slik som skorpionene på jorden har,
- OTB
- Ut av røyken kom det gresshopper over jorden, og de fikk makt som skorpionene på jorden.
- B1930
- Og ut av røken kom det gresshopper over jorden, og det blev gitt dem makt, slik som skorpionene på jorden har,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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.
Read in contextJoel 1:4
What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:15
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
Read in contextJoel 2:25
I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.
Read in context1 Kings 12:11
Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
Read in contextExodus 10:4–15
But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
Read in contextRevelation 9:10–11
They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
Read in contextJudges 7:12
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
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