And [a]they were not permitted to kill [b]anyone, but to torment for (A)five months; and their torment was like the torment of a (B)scorpion when it [c]stings a person. And in those days (C)people will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death [d]will flee from them!

The [e](D)appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 9:5 Lit it was given to them
  2. Revelation 9:5 Lit them
  3. Revelation 9:5 Lit strikes
  4. Revelation 9:6 Lit flees (intensive expression)
  5. Revelation 9:7 Lit likenesses

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