Revelation 9:10

10 καὶ ἔχουσιν οὐρὰς ὁμοίας σκορπίοις καὶ κέντρα, καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ⸃ ἀδικῆσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μῆνας πέντε.

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 καὶ εἶχον τρίχας ὡς τρίχας γυναικῶν, καὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτῶν ὡς λεόντων ἦσαν,

9 καὶ εἶχον θώρακας ὡς θώρακας σιδηροῦς, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν πτερύγων αὐτῶν ὡς φωνὴ ἁρμάτων ἵππων πολλῶν τρεχόντων εἰς πόλεμον ·

10 καὶ ἔχουσιν οὐρὰς ὁμοίας σκορπίοις καὶ κέντρα, καὶ ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ⸃ ἀδικῆσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μῆνας πέντε.

11 ἔχουσιν ἐπ’ αὐτῶν βασιλέα τὸν ⸃ ἄγγελον τῆς ἀβύσσου · ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἑβραϊστὶ Ἀβαδδών καὶ ἐν ⸃ τῇ Ἑλληνικῇ ὄνομα ἔχει Ἀπολλύων.

12 Ἡ οὐαὶ ἡ μία ἀπῆλθεν · ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται ἔτι δύο οὐαὶ μετὰ ταῦτα.