Revelation 9:5
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And to them it was given that they should not kill them,.... As the power of the locusts was limited with respect to the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And to them it was given - There is here the same indefiniteness as in the former verse, the impersonal verb being here…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
To them it was given - That is, they were permitted.
That they should be tormented five months - Some take these months…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Revelation 9:1-12
Upon the sounding of this trumpet, the things to be observed are, 1. A star falling from heaven to the earth. Some think…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
five months It has been conjectured that this period is named, as being the time for which a plague of the literal…
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