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Revelation 9:10
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KJ21
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stingers in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months.
ASV
And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.
AMP
They have tails like scorpions, and stingers; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.
AMPC
They have tails like scorpions, and they have stings, and in their tails lies their ability to hurt men for [the] five months.
BRG
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
CSB
and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.
CSBA
and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.
CEB
They also have tails with stingers, just like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.
CJB
They had tails like those of scorpions, with stings; and in their tails was their power to hurt people for five months.
CEV
Their tails were like a scorpion's tail with a stinger that had the power to hurt someone for five months.
DARBY
and they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and their power [was] in their tails to hurt men five months.
DLNT
And they have tails like scorpions, and stingers. And their authority to harm people for five months is in their tails.
DRA
And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had over them
ERV
The locusts had tails with stingers like scorpions. The power they had to give people pain for five months was in their tails.
EASY
They had poison in their tails, like scorpions. They had power to attack people with their tails and to cause them pain for five months.
EHV
They had tails with stingers like those of scorpions, and in their tails they had power to hurt people for five months.
ESV
They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails.
ESVUK
They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails.
EXB
The locusts had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails was their ·power [authority] to ·hurt [damage; harm] people for five months.
GNV
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails, and their power was to hurt men five months.
GW
They had tails and stingers like scorpions. They had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.
GNT
They have tails and stings like those of a scorpion, and it is with their tails that they have the power to hurt people for five months.
HCSB
and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.
ICB
The locusts had tails with stingers like scorpions. The power they had to hurt people for five months was in their tails.
ISV
They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.
PHILLIPS
These locusts looked to me in my vision like horses prepared for battle, On their heads were what appeared to be crowns like gold; their faces were like human faces, and they had long hair like women. Their teeth were like lion’s teeth, their breasts were like iron-breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of a host of chariots and horses charging into battle. They have tails and stings like scorpions, and it is in their tails that they possess the power to injure men for five months. They have as their king the angel of the pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon, (meaning the destroyer).
JUB
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to hurt men five months.
KJV
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
AKJV
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
LSB
And they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.
LEB
And they have tails similar in appearance to scorpions, and stings, and their power to injure people for five months is in their tails.
TLB
They had stinging tails like scorpions, and their power to hurt, given to them for five months, was in their tails.
MSG
The locusts looked like horses ready for war. They had gold crowns, human faces, women’s hair, the teeth of lions, and iron breastplates. The sound of their wings was the sound of horse-drawn chariots charging into battle. Their tails were equipped with stings, like scorpion tails. With those tails they were ordered to torture the human race for five months. They had a king over them, the Angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, in Greek, Apollyon—“Destroyer.”
MEV
They had tails like scorpions and stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men for five months.
MOUNCE
· They had tails like scorpions, with stingers; and · · their power to hurt · people for five months lies in their tails.
NOG
They had tails and stingers like scorpions. They had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.
NABRE
They had tails like scorpions, with stingers; with their tails they had power to harm people for five months.
NASB
They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.
NASB1995
They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.
NCB
These locusts had tails and stings like those of scorpions, and in their tails they had the power to torment people for five months.
NCV
The locusts had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails was their power to hurt people for five months.
NET
They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails.
NIRV
They had tails that could sting people like scorpions do. And in their tails they had power to hurt people over and over for five months.
NIV
They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.
NIVUK
They had tails with stings, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.
NKJV
They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months.
NLV
They had tails like a small animal that stings. The sting came from their tails. They were given power to hurt men for five months.
NLT
They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people.
NMB
And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stingers in their tails. And their power was to hurt people for five months.
NRSVA
They have tails like scorpions, with stings, and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.
NRSVACE
They have tails like scorpions, with stings, and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.
NRSVCE
They have tails like scorpions, with stingers, and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.
NRSVUE
They have tails like scorpions, with stingers, and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.
NTFE
They have tails like scorpions’ tails, and stings as well, and their tails have the power to harm people for five months.
OJB
And they have tails like akrabim (scorpions), with stingers, and the ko’ach (power) of them is in their tails to harm Bnei Adam chamishah chodashim (five months).
RGT
And they had tails like scorpions. And there were stings in their tails with power to hurt man for five months.
RSV
They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails.
RSVCE
They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails.
TLV
They have tails like scorpions with stingers; and in their tails is their power to harm people for five months.
VOICE
They have tails like scorpions with stingers, and the power invested in them to inflict torture on people for five months lies in their tails.
WEB
They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.
WE
The locusts had tails like scorpions that could strike people and hurt them for five months.
WYC
And they had tails like [to] scorpions, and pricks were in the tails of them; and the might of them was to harm men five months.
YLT
and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority [is] to injure men five months;
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