Revelation 9:5

Full Chapter

September 18, 2025

KJV

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.

BSB

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.

WEB

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.

YLT

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;

F.O.G Original

(5) It was given them, in order to not kill them but to torture for five months and their torture’s like the torture of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

F.O.G

(5) It was given them, in order to not kill them but to torture for five months and their torture’s like the torture of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

F.O.G MSG

⁵The locusts were not allowed to kill these people, only to torture them for five months. Their torment would be like the agony of a scorpion’s sting—excruciating but not fatal.