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Rev 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

it was		Rev 13:5,7; Dan 5:18-22; Dan 7:6; Jhn 19:11
they should not		Rev 11:7; Job 2:6
they should be		Rev 9:10
five		NULL
and their		Rev 9:3

Correlating Passages

it was

	Rev 13:5	And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months.
	Rev 13:7	And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
	Dan 5:18	O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
	Dan 5:19	And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
	Dan 5:20	But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
	Dan 5:21	And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and [that] he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
	Dan 5:22	And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
	Dan 7:6	After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
	Jhn 19:11	Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power [at all] against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

they should not

	Rev 11:7	And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
	Job 2:6	And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he [is] in thine hand; but save his life.

they should be

Rev 9:10

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

and their

Rev 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.

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Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)

Scott, Thomas. "Revelation 9:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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