Revelation 9:10

9:10 They have ¹  tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability ²  to injure people for five months is in their tails.

Revelation 9:19

9:19 For the power ³  of the horses resides ⁴  in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries.

Revelation 12:4

12:4 Now ⁵  the dragon’s ⁶  tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then ⁷  the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

[9:10]  ¹ tn In the Greek text there is a shift to the present tense here; the previous verbs translated “had” are imperfects.

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

[9:19]  ³ tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”

[9:19]  ⁴ tn Grk “is.”

[12:4]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate that this remark is virtually parenthetical.

[12:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “its”; the referent (the dragon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:4]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.