Revelation 9:5

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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.The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.

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Greek words

καὶkaiAndG2532ἐδόθηedothēit was grantedG1325αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846ἵναinathatG2443μὴmēnotG3361ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinōsinthey may killG615αὐτούς,autousthem,G846ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235ἵναinathatG2443βασανισθήσονταιbasanisthēsontaithey will torment [them]G928μῆναςmēnasmonthsG3376πέντε,pentefive,G4002καὶkaiAndG2532ὁhotheG3588βασανισμὸςbasanismostormentG929αὐτῶνautōnof themG846ὡςhōs[was] likeG5613βασανισμὸςbasanismostormentG929σκορπίουskorpiouof a scorpionG4651ὅτανhotanwhenG3752παίσῃpaisēit may strikeG3817ἄνθρωπον.¶anthrōpona man.G444

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