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They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails is their power to harm men for five months.
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The Sting of False Doctrine
Commentators widely agree that the 'stings in their tails' are symbolic. The power of these demonic forces lies in their deceptive aftermath. Citing Isaiah 9:15 ('the prophet who teaches lies is the tail'), scholars explain that the sting represents poisonous doctrines and false teachings that wound the soul and conscience, leading people astray with error and superstition.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they had tails like unto scorpions. The imagination of an Arab now often discerns a resemblance between the tail of the locust and the…
Tails (ουρας). Old word, in N.T. only in Re 9:10,19; 12:4.
Like unto scorpions (ομοιας σκορπιοις). Aleph A…
19th Century
Anglican
And they had tails . . .—It is better to read, And they have tails like to scorpions, and stings, and in their tails is their …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they had tails like to scorpions Locusts are said to have the tail of a serpent, and of the vipers of the earth …
Upon the sounding of the fifth trumpet, a star fell from heaven to the earth. Having ceased to be a minister of Christ, he who is represented by th…
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