They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.
KJV
Revelation 9:5
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
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Revelation 9:10Job 2:6Revelation 9:3Daniel 5:18–22Revelation 13:7Revelation 13:5Revelation 11:7John 19:11
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