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.
KJV
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, as scorpions of the earth have authority,
And out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both