Revelation 9:5
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.
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ASV
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.
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.
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Commentary
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ἐδόθη | edothē | it was granted | G1325 → |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| ἀποκτείνωσιν | apokteinōsin | they may kill | G615 → |
| αὐτούς, | autous | them, | G846 → |
| ἀλλ᾽ | all᾽ | but | G235 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| βασανισθήσονται | basanisthēsontai | they will torment [them] | G928 → |
| μῆνας | mēnas | months | G3376 → |
| πέντε, | pente | five, | G4002 → |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| βασανισμὸς | basanismos | torment | G929 → |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | of them | G846 → |
| ὡς | hōs | [was] like | G5613 → |
| βασανισμὸς | basanismos | torment | G929 → |
| σκορπίου | skorpiou | of a scorpion | G4651 → |
| ὅταν | hotan | when | G3752 → |
| παίσῃ | paisē | it may strike | G3817 → |
| ἄνθρωπον.¶ | anthrōpon | a man. | G444 → |
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