Discovery BoxRevelation 9:3 
Context9:3 Then 1 out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power 2 like that of the scorpions of the earth.
Revelation 9:10
Context9:10 They have 3 tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability 4 to injure people for five months is in their tails.
Revelation 9:19
Context9:19 For the power 5 of the horses resides 6 in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
2 tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”
3 tn In the Greek text there is a shift to the present tense here; the previous verbs translated “had” are imperfects.
4 tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”
5 tn See BDAG 352 s.v. ἐξουσία 2, “potential or resource to command, control, or govern, capability, might, power.”
6 tn Grk “is.”
