Revelation 9
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 9:3-10

3Then out of the smoke came 1locusts 2upon the earth, and power was given them, as the 3scorpions of the earth have power. 4They were told not to 4hurt the 5grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the 6seal of God on their foreheads. 5And 7they were not permitted to kill 8anyone, but to torment for 9five months; and their torment was like the torment of a 10scorpion when it 11stings a man. 6And in those days 12men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

7The 1314appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8They had hair like the hair of women, and their 15teeth were like the teeth of lions. 9They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the 16sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. 10They have tails like 17scorpions, and stings; and in their 18tails is their power to hurt men for 19five months.

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Notes

  1. 1. Revelation 9:3 Ex 10:12-15; Rev 9:7 ↩
  2. 2. Revelation 9:3 Lit into ↩
  3. 3. Revelation 9:3 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:5, 10 ↩
  4. 4. Revelation 9:4 Rev 6:6 ↩
  5. 5. Revelation 9:4 Rev 8:7 ↩
  6. 6. Revelation 9:4 Ezek 9:4; Rev 7:2, 3 ↩
  7. 7. Revelation 9:5 Lit it was given to them ↩
  8. 8. Revelation 9:5 Lit them ↩
  9. 9. Revelation 9:5 Rev 9:10 ↩
  10. 10. Revelation 9:5 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:3, 10 ↩
  11. 11. Revelation 9:5 Lit strikes ↩
  12. 12. Revelation 9:6 Job 3:21; 7:15; Jer 8:3; Rev 6:16 ↩
  13. 13. Revelation 9:7 Lit likenesses ↩
  14. 14. Revelation 9:7 Joel 2:4 ↩
  15. 15. Revelation 9:8 Joel 1:6 ↩
  16. 16. Revelation 9:9 Jer 47:3; Joel 2:5 ↩
  17. 17. Revelation 9:10 2 Chr 10:11, 14; Ezek 2:6; Rev 9:3, 5 ↩
  18. 18. Revelation 9:10 Rev 9:19 ↩
  19. 19. Revelation 9:10 Rev 9:5 ↩

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