Revelation 9:3

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.

Ex 10:4-15; De 8:15; Jud 7:12; 1Ki 12:11; Isa 33:4; Eze 2:6; Joe 1:4; Joe 2:25; Na 3:15,17; Lu 10:19; Re 9:5,10,11

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.”