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.
KJV
καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτούς, ἀλλ’ ἵνα βασανισθήσονται μῆνας πέντε· καὶ ὁ βασανισμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς βασανισμὸς σκορπίου, ὅταν παίσῃ ἄνθρωπον.
Greek NT
et datum est illis ne occiderent eos : sed ut cruciarent mensibus quinque : et cruciatus eorum, ut cruciatus scorpii cum percutit hominem.
Vulgate
And it was given them 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 it striketh a man.
ASV
And it was given unto them that they should not kill them: but that they should torment them five months. And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- αὐτοῖς — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῖς — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αὐταῖς — Westcott-Hort, Robinson-Pierpont
- βασανισθήσονται — SBLGNT
- βασανισθήσονται — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- βασανισθῶσιν — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 2:6 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
- 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 9:3 — 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 9:10 — And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
- Rev 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.