Revelation 9:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsRevelation 9:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ἐδόθη
dídōmi
G1325
to give
αὐτοῖς
autós
G846
he
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
μὴ
mḗ
G3361
not
ἀποκτείνωσιν
apokteínō
G615
to kill
αὐτούς
autós
G846
he
ἀλλ’
allá
G235
but
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
βασανισθήσονται
basanízō
G928
to torture
μῆνας
mḗn
G3376
month
πέντε
pénte
G4002
five
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
ὁ
ho
G3588
the
βασανισμὸς
basanismós
G929
torment
αὐτῶν
autós
G846
he
ὡς
hōs
G5613
as
βασανισμὸς
basanismós
G929
torment
σκορπίου
skorpíos
G4651
scorpion
ὅταν
hótan
G3752
when
παίσῃ
paíō
G3817
to strike
ἄνθρωπον
ánthrōpos
G444
human being
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it was given to them that they should not kill them, but that they would be tormented for five months and their torment like the torment of a scorpion when it might strike a man.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).