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Revelation 9:5

NETBible	The locusts¹ were not given permission² to kill³ them, but only to torture⁴ them⁵ for five months, and their torture was like that⁶ of a scorpion when it stings a person.⁷
NIV © biblegateway Rev 9:5	They were not given power 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 a man.
NASB © biblegateway Rev 9:5	And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.
NLT © biblegateway Rev 9:5	They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with agony like the pain of scorpion stings.
MSG © biblegateway Rev 9:5	They were ordered to torture but not kill, torture them for five months, the pain like a scorpion sting.
BBE © SABDAweb Rev 9:5	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Rev 9:5	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 someone.
NKJV © biblegateway Rev 9:5	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.
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KJV	And <2532> to them <846> it was given <1325> (5681) that <3363> (0) they should <615> (0) not <3363> kill <615> (5725) them <846>_, but <235> that <2443> they should be tormented <928> (5686) five <4002> months <3376>_: and <2532> their <846> torment <929> [was] as <5613> the torment <929> of a scorpion <4651>_, when <3752> he striketh <3817> (5661) a man <444>_.
NASB © biblegateway Rev 9:5	And they were not permitted <1325> to kill <615> anyone <846> , but to torment <928> for five <4002> months <3376> ; and their torment <929> was like <5613> the torment <929> of a scorpion <4651> when <3752> it stings <3817> a man <444> .
NET [draft] ITL	The locusts <846> were <1325> not <3361> given permission <1325> to <2443> kill <615> them <846> , but <235> only to <2443> torture <928> them for five <4002> months <3376> , and <2532> their <846> torture <929> was like <5613> that <929> of a scorpion <4651> when <3752> it stings <3817> a person <444> .
GREEK	kai <2532> CONJ edoyh <1325> (5681) V-API-3S autaiv <846> P-DPF ina <2443> CONJ mh <3361> PRT-N apokteinwsin <615> (5725) V-PAS-3P autouv <846> P-APM all <235> CONJ ina <2443> CONJ basanisyhsontai <928> (5701) V-FPI-3P mhnav <3376> N-APM pente <4002> A-NUI kai <2532> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM basanismov <929> N-NSM autwn <846> P-GPF wv <5613> ADV basanismov <929> N-NSM skorpiou <4651> N-GSM otan <3752> CONJ paish <3817> (5661) V-AAS-3S anyrwpon <444> N-ASM

NETBible

The locusts¹ were not given permission² to kill³ them, but only to torture⁴ them⁵ for five months, and their torture was like that⁶ of a scorpion when it stings a person.⁷

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “It was not permitted to them”; the referent (the locusts) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn The word “permission” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

³tn The two ἵνα (Jina) clauses of 9:5 are understood to be functioning as epexegetical or complementary clauses related to ἐδόθη (edoqh).

⁴tn 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.”

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

⁶tn Grk “like the torture,” but this is redundant in contemporary English.

⁷tn Grk “a man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in an individualized sense without being limited to the male gender.