Revelation 9:3
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.Select Revelation 9:1
2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.Select Revelation 9:2
3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.Select Revelation 9:3
4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.Select Revelation 9:4
5And 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.Select Revelation 9:5
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WEB
9:3 Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
ASV
9:3 And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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