¹⁰ They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months.

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.

³ Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, ^(A)as the scorpions of the earth have power.

¹⁹ For ^[a]their power is in their mouth and in their tails; ^(A)for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.