Wahyu 9:5
Konteks9:5 The locusts 1 were not given permission 2 to kill 3 them, but only to torture 4 them 5 for five months, and their torture was like that 6 of a scorpion when it stings a person. 7
Wahyu 7:4
Konteks7:4 Now 8 I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, 9 one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all 10 the tribes of the people of Israel: 11
[9:5] 1 tn Grk “It was not permitted to them”; the referent (the locusts) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[9:5] 2 tn The word “permission” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
[9:5] 3 tn The two ἵνα (Jina) clauses of 9:5 are understood to be functioning as epexegetical or complementary clauses related to ἐδόθη (edoqh).
[9:5] 4 tn On this term BDAG 168 s.v. βασανισμός states, “1. infliction of severe suffering or pain associated with torture or torment, tormenting, torture Rv 9:5b. – 2. the severe pain experienced through torture, torment vs. 5a; 14:11; 18:10, 15; (w. πένθος) vs. 7.”
[9:5] 5 tn The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text but is picked up from the previous clause.
[9:5] 6 tn Grk “like the torture,” but this is redundant in contemporary English.
[9:5] 7 tn Grk “a man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in an individualized sense without being limited to the male gender.
[7:4] 8 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the introduction of new but related material.
[7:4] 9 tn Grk “who were sealed.”
[7:4] 10 tn Normally, “every,” but since 144,000 is the total number, “all” is clearer here.
[7:4] 11 tn Grk “the sons of Israel,” normally an idiom for the Israelites as an ethnic entity (L&N 11.58). However, many scholars understand the expression in this context to refer to Christians rather than ethnic Israelites.