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# They were not given permission
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"They" refers to the locusts. ([Revelation 9:3](../09/03.md))
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# those people
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the people whom the locusts were stinging
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# but only to torture them
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Here the words "given permission" are understood. Alternate translation: "but only given permission to torture them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
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# to torture them for five months
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The locusts would be allowed to do this for five months.
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# to torture them
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"to make them suffer terrible pain"
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# the sting of a scorpion
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A scorpion is a small insect with a poisonous stinger at the end of its long tail. The sting can cause severe pain or even death.
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