- Bible
- Revelation
- Chapter 9
- Verse 10
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
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Gill's Exposition
And they had tails like unto scorpions,.... Locusts are said to have the tail of a serpent, and of the vipers of the earth (u); See Gill on Rev 9:3, Rev 9:5. And there were stings in their tails;…
Barnes' Notes
And they had tails like unto scorpions - The fancy of an Arab now often discerns a resemblance between the tail of the locust and the scorpion. See the remark of Niebuhr, quoted in the notes on Rev…
Adam Clarke
They had tails like unto scorpions - This may refer to the consequences of their victories. They infected the conquered with their pernicious doctrines.
Their power was to hurt men five months - The…
Upon the sounding of this trumpet, the things to be observed are, 1. A star falling from heaven to the earth. Some think this star represents some eminent bishop in the Christian church, some angel of…
Cambridge Bible
And they had … in their tails Read, And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings: and in their tails [is] their power, to hurt," &c.