³ Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth,^(A) and power^[a] was given to them^(B) like the power that scorpions have on the earth.^(C)

⁵ They were not permitted to kill them but were to torment them for five months; their torment is like the torment caused by a scorpion when it stings someone.

¹⁰ and they had tails with stingers like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.