“They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Revelation 9 contains 21 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.