Revelation 9:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“And 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.”
Revelation 9:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Revelation 9:522 words
καὶkaiand / also
ἐδόθηedothēgive
αὐτοῖςautoishe / she / it / same
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
μὴmēnot
ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinōsinput to death, kill, slay
αὐτούςautoushe / she / it / same
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
ἵναhinaso that / in order that
βασανισθήσονταιbasanisthēsontaipain, toil, torment
μῆναςmēnas+ surely
πέντεpentefive
καὶkaiand / also
ὁhothe
βασανισμὸςbasanismostorment
αὐτῶνautōnhe / she / it / same
ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…
βασανισμὸςbasanismostorment
σκορπίουskorpiouscorpion
ὅτανhotanas long
(soon) as, that, + till
παίσῃpaisēsmite, strike
ἄνθρωπονanthrōponman / human being
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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