¹⁰ They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people.

⁵ They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting.

³ Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions.

¹⁹ Their power was in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails had heads like snakes, with the power to injure people.