Rev 9:5 | ISV | STEP | They were not allowed to kill them, but were only allowed to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone.

Revelation of John 9:5

5 They were not allowed to kill them, but were only allowed ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks were only allowed} to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone.Rev 11:7, 10