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Revelation 9:5-6
New King James Version
Revelation 9:5-6
New King James Version
5 And [a]they were not given authority to kill them, (A)but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 In those days (B)men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
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Revelation 9:5-6
New International Version
Revelation 9:5-6
New International Version
5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months.(A) And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion(B) when it strikes. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(C)
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