Revelation 9:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ They were told not to ·harm [damage] the grass on the earth or any ·plant [greenery] or tree. They could ·harm [damage] only the people who did not have the ·sign [seal] of God on their foreheads [7:3]. ⁵ These locusts were not ·given the power [permitted] to kill anyone, but to ·cause pain to [torture; torment] the people for five months [^Cperhaps referring to the limited life span of a locust]. And ·the pain they felt was like the pain a scorpion gives [^Ltheir torture/torment was like the torture/torment of a scorpion] when it stings someone. ⁶ During those days people will ·look for a way to die [^Lseek death], but they will not find it. They will ·want [long; desire] to die, but death will ·run away [flee] from them.