Revelation 9:10
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And they had tails like to scorpions: and there were stings in their tails. And their power was to hurt men, five months. And they had over them

tails.

Revelation 9:3,5 And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. . . .

Context
The Fifth Trumpet
9And they had breastplates as breastplates of iron: and the noise of their wings was as the noise of chariots and many horses running to battle. 10And they had tails like to scorpions: and there were stings in their tails. And their power was to hurt men, five months. And they had over them 11A king, the angel of the bottomless pit (whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon, in Latin Exterminans).…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 10:11
My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add more weight to it: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.

2 Chronicles 10:14
And he spoke according to the advice of the young men: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.

Ezekiel 2:6
And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking house.

Revelation 9:3
And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Revelation 9:5
And it was given unto them that they should not kill them: but that they should torment them five months. And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.

Revelation 9:19
For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For, their tails are like to serpents and have heads: and with them they hurt.

Lexicon
They had
ἔχουσιν (echousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

tails
οὐρὰς (ouras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3769: A tail. Apparently a primary word; a tail.

with
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

stingers
κέντρα (kentra)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2759: A sting, goad; met: of death. From kenteo; a point, i.e. A sting or goad.

like
ὁμοίας (homoias)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3664: Like, similar to, resembling, of equal rank. From the base of homou; similar.

scorpions,
σκορπίοις (skorpiois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4651: A scorpion. Probably from an obsolete skerpo; a 'scorpion'.

[which]
οὐραῖς (ourais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3769: A tail. Apparently a primary word; a tail.

had
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

power
ἐξουσία (exousia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1849: From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence.

to injure
ἀδικῆσαι (adikēsai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 91: To act unjustly towards, injure, harm. From adikos; to be unjust, i.e. do wrong.

people
ἀνθρώπους (anthrōpous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

for five
πέντε (pente)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4002: Five. A primary number; 'five'.

months.
μῆνας (mēnas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3376: A (lunar) month. A primary word; a month.


Additional Translations
They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

And they have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their power to injure men for five months is in their tails.

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

And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.

and they have tails like scorpions, and stings; and their power [was] in their tails to hurt men five months.

And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.

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

They had tails like those of scorpions, and also stings; and in their tails lay their power of injuring mankind for five months.

They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

and they have tails like to scorpions, and stings were in their tails; and their authority is to injure men five months;
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