Revelation 9:3

9:3 Then ¹  out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power ²  like that of the scorpions of the earth.

Revelation 9:5

9:5 The locusts ³  were not given permission ⁴  to kill ⁵  them, but only to torture ⁶  them ⁷  for five months, and their torture was like that ⁸  of a scorpion when it stings a person. ⁹ 

Revelation 9:4

9:4 They ¹⁰  were told ¹¹  not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people ¹²  who did not have the seal of God on their ¹³  forehead.

Revelation 9:19

9:19 For the power ¹⁴  of the horses resides ¹⁵  in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries.

Revelation 15:1

The Final Plagues

15:1 Then ¹⁶  I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final plagues ¹⁷  (they are final because in them God’s anger is completed).

[9:3]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

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

[9:5]  ³ tn Grk “It was not permitted to them”; the referent (the locusts) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:5]  ⁴ tn The word “permission” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[9:5]  ⁵ tn The two ἵνα (Jina) clauses of 9:5 are understood to be functioning as epexegetical or complementary clauses related to ἐδόθη (edoqh).

[9:5]  ⁶ tn On this term BDAG 168 s.v. βασανισμός states, “1. infliction of severe suffering or pain associated with torture or torment, tormenting, torture Rv 9:5b. – 2. the severe pain experienced through torture, torment vs. 5a; 14:11; 18:10, 15; (w. πένθος) vs. 7.”

[9:5]  ⁷ tn The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text but is picked up from the previous clause.

[9:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “like the torture,” but this is redundant in contemporary English.

[9:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “a man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in an individualized sense without being limited to the male gender.

[9:4]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[9:4]  ⁶ tn The dative indirect object (αὐταῖς, autais) was converted into the subject (“they”) as this more closely approximates English usage. The following ἵ῞να (Jina) is taken as substantival, introducing a direct object clause. In this case, because it is reported speech, the ἵνα is similar to the declarative ὅτι (Joti).

[9:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “men”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here of both men and women.

[9:4]  ⁸ tn The article τῶν (twn) has been translated as a possessive pronoun here (ExSyn 215).

[9:19]  ⁷ tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”

[9:19]  ⁸ tn Grk “is.”

[15:1]  ⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[15:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “seven plagues – the last ones.”