Revelation 9:5 :: New International Version (NIV)

Revelation 9:5 - 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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KJVKJV (read chapter in 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.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

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.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

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

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

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.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

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.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

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.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

And [fn]they were not permitted to kill [fn]anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it [fn]stings a person.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

And [fn]they were not permitted to kill [fn]anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it [fn]stings a man.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

And [fn]they were not permitted to kill [fn]anyone, but to torment for five months, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it [fn]stings a man.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

They were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment and cause them extreme pain for five months; and their torment was like the torment from a scorpion when it stings a man.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man.

ASVASV (read chapter in 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.

YLTYLT (read chapter in 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;

DBYDBY (read chapter in 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.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

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.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

et datum est illis ne occiderent eos sed ut cruciarentur mensibus quinque et cruciatus eorum ut cruciatus scorpii cum percutit hominem

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

فَيُعَذِّبُهُمْ دُونَ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُمْ، مُدَّةَ خَمْسَةِ أَشْهُرٍ. وَالأَلَمُ الَّذِي يُسَبِّبُهُ يُشْبِهُ أَلَمَ لَدْغَةِ الْعَقْرَبِ.

MGNTMGNT (read chapter in MGNT)

καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτούς ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα βασανισθήσονται μῆνας πέντε καὶ ὁ βασανισμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς βασανισμὸς σκορπίου ὅταν παίσῃ ἄνθρωπον

TRTR (read chapter in TR)

καὶ ἐδόθη αὐταῖς ἵνα μὴ ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτούς ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα βασανισθῶσιν μῆνας πέντε καὶ ὁ βασανισμὸς αὐτῶν ὡς βασανισμὸς σκορπίου ὅταν παίσῃ ἄνθρωπον

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

وَأُعْطِيَ أَنْ لاَ يَقْتُلَهُمْ بَلْ أَنْ يَتَعَذَّبُوا خَمْسَةَ أَشْهُرٍ. وَعَذَابُهُ كَعَذَابِ عَقْرَبٍ إِذَا لَدَغَ إِنْسَانًا.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Y les fué dado que no los matasen, sino que los atormentasen cinco meses; y su tormento era como tormento de escorpión, cuando hiere al hombre.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Y les fue dado, no que los matasen, sino que los atormentasen cinco meses; y su tormento era como tormento de escorpión cuando hiere al hombre.

BBEBBE (read chapter in 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.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

但不許蝗蟲害死他們、只叫他們受痛苦五個月．這痛苦就像蠍子螫人的痛苦一樣。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Se les mandó que no los matasen, sino que fuesen atormentados por cinco meses. Su tormento era como el tormento del escorpión cuando pica al hombre.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

그러나 그들을 죽이지는 못하게 하시고 다섯 달 동안 괴롭게만 하게 하시는데 그 괴롭게 함은 전갈이 사람을 쏠 때에 괴롭게 함과 같더라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Il leur fut donné, non de les tuer, mais de les tourmenter pendant cinq mois; et le tourment qu'elles causaient était comme le tourment que cause le scorpion, quand il pique un homme.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Und es ward ihnen gegeben, daß sie sie nicht töteten, sondern sie quälten fünf Monate lang; und ihre Qual war wie eine Qual vom Skorpion, wenn er einen Menschen schlägt.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

И дано ей не убивать их, а только мучить пять месяцев; и мучение от нее подобно мучению от скорпиона, когда ужалит человека.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Y les fue dado que no los matasen, sino que los atormentasen cinco meses. Y su tormento era como tormento de escorpión, cuando hiere al hombre.

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