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They were told not to harm the grass on the earth, any green plant, or any tree. They could harm[a] only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were not allowed to kill them, but were only allowed[b] to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone. In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.

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  1. Revelation 9:4 The Gk. lacks They could harm
  2. Revelation 9:5 The Gk. lacks were only allowed