Revelation 9:10
“And they had tayles like vnto Scorpions, and there were stings in their tayles: and their power was to hurt men fiue moneths.”
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Revelation 9:10 Context
8And they had haire as the haire of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of Lions. 9And they had brestplates, as it were brestplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of charets of many horses running to battell. 10And they had tayles like vnto Scorpions, and there were stings in their tayles: and their power was to hurt men fiue moneths. 11And they had a king ouer them, which is the Angel of the bottomlesse pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greeke tongue hath his name Apollyon. 12One woe is past, and behold there come two woes more hereafter.
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Other Translations
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five months.
- King James Version
They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.
- Basic English Bible
and they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and their power [was] in their tails to hurt men five months.
- Darby Bible
And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
- Webster's Bible
They had tails like those of scorpions, and also stings; and in their tails lay their power of injuring mankind for five months.
- Weymouth Bible
They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
- World English Bible
And thei hadden tailis lijk scorpiouns, and prickis weren in the tailis of hem; and the myyt of hem was to noye men fyue monethis.
- Wycliffe Bible
and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority [is] to injure men five months;
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version
They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.
- Basic English Bible
and they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and their power [was] in their tails to hurt men five months.
- Darby Bible
And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
- Webster's Bible
They had tails like those of scorpions, and also stings; and in their tails lay their power of injuring mankind for five months.
- Weymouth Bible
They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
- World English Bible
And thei hadden tailis lijk scorpiouns, and prickis weren in the tailis of hem; and the myyt of hem was to noye men fyue monethis.
- Wycliffe Bible
and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority [is] to injure men five months;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Revelation 9:10
9:10 And they have tails like scorpions - That is, each tail is like a scorpion, not like the tail of a scorpion. To hurt the unsealed men five months - Five prophetic months; that is, seventy - nine common years So long did these calamities last.
People's Bible Notes for Revelation 9:10
Re 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions. They stung terribly, and left a string in their path.