Revelation 9:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

that... not. As in Revelation 9:4.

tormented. Greek. basanizo, literally to test (metals) by the touchstone, then to torture. Occurs: Revelation 11:10; Revelation 12:2 (pained); Revelation 14:10; Revelation 20:10. See Matthew 8:29; Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28. "Torment" is specially connected with demons.

five months. Compare the fixed periods of Numbers 11:19; Numbers 11:20; 2 Samuel 24:13. where the term is taken literally, as it should be here also. The period of locusts is five months: May-September. See Genesis 7:24.

torment. Greek. basanismos. Here; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 18:7, Rev 10:15. See App-197. The verb, above.

he. it.

Revelation 9:5

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.