Revelation 11:5

11:5 If ¹  anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths ²  and completely consumes ³  their enemies. If ⁴  anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way.

Revelation 9:10

9:10 They have ⁵  tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability ⁶  to injure people for five months is in their tails.

Revelation 7:2

7:2 Then ⁷  I saw another angel ascending from the east, ⁸  who had ⁹  the seal ¹⁰  of the living God. He ¹¹  shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission ¹²  to damage the earth and the sea: ¹³ 

[11:5]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[11:5]  ² tn This is a collective singular in Greek.

[11:5]  ³ tn See L&N 20.45 for the translation of κατεσθίω (katesqiw) as “to destroy utterly, to consume completely.”

[11:5]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:10]  ⁵ tn In the Greek text there is a shift to the present tense here; the previous verbs translated “had” are imperfects.

[9:10]  ⁶ tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”

[7:2]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[7:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “from the rising of the sun.” BDAG 74 s.v. ἀνατολή 2.a takes this as a geographical direction: “ἀπὸ ἀ. ἡλίου…from the east Rv 7:2; 16:12…simply ἀπὸ ἀ. …21:13.”

[7:2]  ¹¹ tn Grk “having,” but v. 3 makes it clear that the angel’s purpose is to seal others with the seal he carries.

[7:2]  ¹² tn Or “signet” (L&N 6.54).

[7:2]  ¹³ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[7:2]  ¹⁴ tn The word “permission” is implied; Grk “to whom it was given to them to damage the earth.”

[7:2]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.