Devine Scripture

Revelation 9:3

Revelation chapter 9 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Context

v.2And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

v.3This passage

v.4And it was said unto them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only such men as have not the seal of God on their foreheads.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 33:4

    And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.

  • Joel 1:4

    That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

  • Nahum 3:17

    Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

  • Joel 2:25

    And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

  • Revelation 9:10

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

  • Revelation 9:5

    And it was given them 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 it striketh a man.