Revelation 9:10

9:10 They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails.

tn In the Greek text there is a shift to the present tense here; the previous verbs translated “had” are imperfects.

tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.