"And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power {was} to hurt men five mon…" — Revelation 9:10

Revelation 9:10 · KJV

“And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power {was} to hurt men five months.”

— Revelation 9:10

Verse 9

And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings {was} as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

Verse 11

And they had a king over them, {which is} the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue {is} Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath {his} name Apollyon. {Apollyon: that is to say, A destroyer}

Revelation 9 — Context

And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as {the teeth} of lions.

And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings {was} as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power {was} to hurt men five months.

One woe is past; {and}, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

Cross References

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.

Revelation 9:3

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Revelation 9:19

For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails {were} like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.