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They were allowed to torment them 1for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.
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And in those days 2people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
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3In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: 4on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were 5like human faces,
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their hair like women's hair, and 6their teeth like lions' teeth;
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they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was 7like the noise of many chariots with 8horses rushing into battle.
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They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people 9for five months is in their tails.
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They have 10as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is 11Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.a
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12The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
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Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from 13the four horns of the golden altar before God,
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saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release 14the four angels who are bound at 15the great river Euphrates."
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So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released 16to kill a third of mankind.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Apocalipse 9:5
Foi-lhes permitido, não que os matassem, mas que por cinco meses os atormentassem. E o seu tormento era semelhante ao tormento do escorpião, quando fere o homem.
King James Version KJV
New King James Version NKJV
Revelation 9:5
And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
Nova Versão Internacional NVIP
Apocalipse 9:5
Não lhes foi dado poder para matá-los, mas sim para causar-lhes tormento durante cinco meses. A agonia que eles sofreram era como a da picada do escorpião.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)