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Revelation 9:5

New American Standard Bible

5 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 person.

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American Standard Version

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.

Christian Standard Bible

They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it stings someone.

English Standard Version

They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.

King James Version

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.

New International Version

They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes.

New King James Version

And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.

New Living Translation

They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting.

World English 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.