Revelation 9:5
American King James Version (AKJV)
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 strikes a man.
American Standard Version (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.
Berean Study Bible (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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And orders were given them not to put them to death, but to give them great pain for five months: and their pain was as the pain from the wound of a scorpion.
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
And it was given to them that they would not kill them, but that they would torture them for five months. And their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when he strikes a man.
Darby Bible (DBY)
and it was given to 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 strikes a man.
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
And it was given unto them that they should not kill them; but that they should torment them five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
They were not allowed to kill, but they could torture these people for five months. The torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings someone.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
Their mission was not to kill, but to cause awful agony for five months; and this agony was like that which a scorpion inflicts when it stings a man.
King James Version (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.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
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.
Webster Bible (Webster)
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.
World English Bible (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.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (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;