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.”

King James Version (KJV)

 

 

Other Translations of Revelation 9:5

“And to them it was giuen that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented fiue moneths, and their torment was as the torment of a Scorpion, when he striketh a man.”
King James Version (1611) - View original scan of Revelation chapter 9
 

“And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.”
New American Standard Version (1995)
 

“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.”
American Standard Version (1901)
 

“And orders were given them not to put them to death, but to give them great pain for five months: and their pain was as the pain from the wound of a scorpion.”
Basic English Bible
 

“and it was given to 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 strikes a man.”
Darby Bible
 

“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 Bible
 

“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. ”
Webster's Bible
 

“Their mission was not to kill, but to cause awful agony for five months; and this agony was like that which a scorpion inflicts when it stings a man.”
Weymouth Bible
 

“They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.”
World English Bible
 

“And it was youun to hem, that thei schulden not sle hem, but that thei schulden `be turmentid fyue monethis; and the turmentyng of hem, as the turmentyng of a scorpioun, whanne he smytith a man.”
Wycliffe Bible
 

“and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment [is] as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man;”
Youngs Literal Bible
 


 


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