They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.
They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails.
And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation,
And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.
O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
And when they have finished their testimony, the beast that rises from the bottomless pit will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,
Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”
After this I looked, and behold, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back. And the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
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