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Revelation 9:3 KJV
Revelation · chapter 9 · verse 3
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.Revelation 9:3 · King James Version
Revelation 9:3 in context
1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- scorpionsskorpiosa scorpion, the name of a little animal, somewhat resembling a lobster, which in warm…G4651 →
- locustsakrisa locust, particularly that species which especially infests oriental countries…G200 →
- smokekapnossmokeG2586 →
- earthgēarable land, the ground, the earth as a standing place, the main land as opposed to the…G1093 →
- givendidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- powerexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
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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 the church; for, in the same way of speaking by which pastors are called stars, the church is called heaven;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12