Revelation 9:10
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
KJV
καὶ ἔχουσιν οὐρὰς ὁμοίας σκορπίοις καὶ κέντρα, καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἀδικῆσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μῆνας πέντε.
Greek NT
et habebant caudas similes scorpionum, et aculei erant in caudis earum : et potestas earum nocere hominibus mensibus quinque :
Vulgate
And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.
ASV
And they had tails like to scorpions: and there were stings in their tails. And their power was to hurt men, five months. And they had over them
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν — SBLGNT
- ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐξουσίαν ἔχουσιν τοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Rev 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.
- Rev 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.
- Rev 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.
- Rev 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.