§ 02 · King James Bible
Revelation 9:5
And 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.
Simple English
They were told not to kill them, but to cause pain for five months. The suffering was like a scorpion's sting on a person.
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