Revelation 9:10

10 They also have tails with stingers, just like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.

Revelation 9:10 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 9:10

And they had tails like unto scorpions
Locusts are said to have the tail of a serpent, and of the vipers of the earth ^F21; (See Gill on Revelation 9:3), (See Gill on Revelation 9:5). And there were stings in their tails; either in the baser sort of them, the Saracens and Papists; or in their doctrines, the prophet being the tail, ( Isaiah 9:15 ) ; with which both Mahomet, who set himself up for a prophet, and the Romish clergy, who set up their decrees and unwritten traditions above the word of God, have poisoned and destroyed multitudes of souls:

and their power [was] to hurt men five months;
(See Gill on Revelation 9:5).

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Scriptores Arab.

Revelation 9:10 In-Context

8 their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

9 In front they had what seemed to be iron armor upon their chests, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses racing into battle.

10 They also have tails with stingers, just like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.

11 Their king is an angel from the abyss, whose Hebrew name is Abaddon, and whose Greek name is Apollyon.

12 The first horror has passed. Look! Two horrors are still coming after this.