Rev 9:5-6 | ESV | STEP | They were allowed to torment them for five months , but not to kill them , and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone .

Revelation of John 9:5-6

5 They were allowed to torment them ^afor five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 And in those days ^bpeople will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.