Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
World English Bible (WEB)
They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.
Strong's King James
And{G2532} to them{G846} it was given{G1325}{(G5681)} that{G3363} they should{G615} not{G3363} kill{G615}{(G5725)} them{G846}, but{G235} that{G2443} they should be tormented{G928}{(G5686)} five{G4002} months{G3376}: and{G2532} their{G846} torment{G929} was as{G5613} the torment{G929} of a scorpion{G4651}, when{G3752} he striketh{G3817}{(G5661)} a man{G444}.
The F.O.G *
(5) It was given them, in order to not kill them but to torture for five months and their torture's like the torture of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
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Young's Literal Translation
and it was given to them that they may not kill them, but that they may be tormented five months, and their torment is as the torment of a scorpion, when it may strike a man;
