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Revelation 9:5

New International Version

5 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.

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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 American Standard Bible

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.

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.