Revelation 9:4
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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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
6And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.Select Revelation 9:6
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WEB
9:4 They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have God’s seal on their foreheads.
ASV
9:4 And it was said unto them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only such men as have not the seal of God on their foreheads.
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