Revelation 9:10

Revelation 9:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
• New International Version (NIV)They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months.

Context of Revelation 9:10

8Their hair was like women's hair. Their teeth were like lions' teeth. 9They had shields over the front of their bodies, like shields made from iron. Their wings made a very loud noise. The sound was like many horses that are pulling chariots into a battle. They had poison in their tails, like scorpions. They had power to attack people with their tails and to cause them pain for five months. 11The king that ruled them was the angel of the deep hole. His name is ‘Abaddon’ in the Hebrew language. In the Greek language his name is ‘Apollyon’. 12The first great trouble has now finished. But after all these things, there are two more great troubles still to come.

Revelation 9:10 word by word

καὶ ἔχουσιν οὐρὰς ὁμοίας σκορπίοις καὶ κέντρα καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἀδικῆσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μῆνας πέντε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• tailsοὐράoura · tailG3769
• like untoὅμοιοςhomoios · likeG3664
• scorpionsσκορπίοςskorpios · scorpionG4651
• there wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• stingsκέντρονkentron · stingG2759
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• tailsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• powerἐξουσίαexousia · authorityG1849
• to hurtἀδικέωadikeō · to harmG91
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• fiveπέντεpente · fiveG4002
• monthsμήνmēn · monthG3376

Cross-references for Revelation 9:10

• Revelation 9:3Then locusts came out of the smoke and they came down on the earth. They received power to cause great pain, like the power of scorpions.

Commentaries on Revelation 9:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10They had tails like unto scorpions - This may refer to the consequences of their victories. They infected the conquered with their pernicious doctrines. Their power was to hurt men five months - The locusts make their principal ravages during the five summer months. But probably these may be prophetic months, as above, in Revelation 9:5; - 150 years.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And they had tails like unto scorpions - The fancy of an Arab now often discerns a resemblance between the tail of the locust and the scorpion. See the remark of Niebuhr, quoted in the notes on Revelation 9:7. And there were stings in their tails - Like the stings of scorpions. See the notes on Revelation 9:3. This made the locusts which appeared to John the more remarkable, for though the fancy may imagine a resemblance between the tail of a locust and a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10Some people view these locusts as symbols of attack helicopters, missiles, or other modern weapons. However, they originate from the Abyss, not from human creation. The description of these creatures, based on the appearance of locusts, is intended to cause fear and disgust. Their gold crowns show that their torment affects much of the earth.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. tails like unto scorpions--like unto the tails of scorpions. and there were stings--There is no oldest manuscript for this reading. A, B, Aleph, Syriac, and Coptic read, "and (they have) stings: and in their tails (is) their power (literally, 'authority': authorized power) to hurt."Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 9:10

• Locust
• Scorpion
• Trumpet
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Abaddon
• Angel
• Apollyon
• Authority in Religion
• God
• Government
• Revelation of John
• Scorpion
• Sting
• Tail

Commentaries on Revelation 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings