Revelation 9:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 It opened the passage to the abyss,(A) and smoke came up out of the passage like smoke from a huge furnace. The sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the passage.(B) 3 Locusts came out of the smoke onto the land, and they were given the same power as scorpions[a] of the earth.(C) 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or any tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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Revelation 9:2-4
New International Version
2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.(A) The sun and sky were darkened(B) by the smoke from the Abyss.(C) 3 And out of the smoke locusts(D) came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions(E) of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm(F) the grass of the earth or any plant or tree,(G) but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.(H)
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