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3 Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.
4 They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
5 And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man.
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They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes.
6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.
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During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
7 The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men.
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The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.
8 They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
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Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.
9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle.
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They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
10 They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.
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They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.
11 They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon.
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They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
12 The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things.
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The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.
13 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
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The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.
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