What is the meaning of Revelation 9:5?

* The two F.O.G. Bibles & Commentary below are currently a work in progress.

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.

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

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}.

Strong's King James

(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.

The F.O.G*

[5] These demonic locusts weren't permitted to kill, but they could torment people for five months with pain like a scorpion's sting. This was not random suffering, but measured judgment giving people time to recognize their need for repentance.

The F.O.G Paraphrase

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;

Young's Literal Translation