⁵ They were allowed to torment them ^(A)for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.

¹⁰ They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people ^(A)for five months is in their tails.

⁶ And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”

³ Then from the smoke came ^(A)locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.

⁷ Also it was allowed ^(A)to make war on the saints and to conquer them.^[a] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,

⁵ And the beast was given ^(A)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for ^(B)forty-two months.

¹¹ Jesus answered him, ^(A)“You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore ^(B)he who delivered me over to you ^(C)has the greater sin.”

¹⁸ O king, the ^(A)Most High God ^(B)gave ^(C)Nebuchadnezzar your father ^(D)kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. ¹⁹ And because of the greatness that he gave him, ^(E)all peoples, nations, and languages ^(F)trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. ²⁰ But ^(G)when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, ^(H)he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. ^21 (I)He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, ^(J)until he knew that the ^(K)Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. ²² And you his son,^{[a] (L)}Belshazzar, ^(M)have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

⁷ And when they have finished their testimony, ^(A)the beast that rises from ^(B)the bottomless pit^{[a] (C)}will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,