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but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. <a href="/nkjv/revelation/9.htm">New King James Version</a> They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/nasb_/revelation/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/nasb/revelation/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/nasb77/revelation/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And they were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/lsb/revelation/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And they were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/amp/revelation/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but [to hurt] only the people who do not have the seal (mark of ownership, protection) of God on their foreheads. <a href="/csb/revelation/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only those people who do not have God’s seal on their foreheads. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green plant, or any tree, but only people who do not have God&#8217s seal on their foreheads. <a href="/asv/revelation/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> And it was said unto them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only such men as have not the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/cev/revelation/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The locusts were told not to harm the grass on the earth or any plant or any tree. They were to punish only those people who did not have God's mark on their foreheads. <a href="/erv/revelation/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> And it was said unto them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only such men as have not the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/gwt/revelation/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They were told not to harm any grass, green plant, or tree on the earth. They could harm only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/gnt/revelation/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> They were told not to harm the grass or the trees or any other plant; they could harm only the people who did not have the mark of God's seal on their foreheads. <a href="/isv/revelation/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> They were told not to harm the grass on the earth, any green plant, or any tree. They could harm only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/msb/revelation/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/net/revelation/9.htm">NET Bible</a> They were told not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead. <a href="/nheb/revelation/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who do not have God's seal on their foreheads. <a href="/wbt/revelation/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads. <a href="/wey/revelation/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And they were forbidden to injure the herbage of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree. They were only to injure human beings--those who have not the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/web/revelation/9.htm">World English Bible</a> They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have God’s seal on their foreheads. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and it was said to them that they may not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads, <a href="/blb/revelation/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And it was said to them that they shall not harm the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men not having the seal of God on the foreheads. <a href="/ylt/revelation/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and it was said to them that they may not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but -- the men only who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads, <a href="/slt/revelation/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it was said to them that they should not injure the grass of the earth, neither any green, nor any tree; except the men only which have not the seal of God upon their foreheads.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree: but only the men who have not the sign of God on their foreheads. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And it was commanded of them that they must not harm the plants of the earth, nor anything green, nor any tree, but only those men who do not have the Seal of God upon their foreheads. <a href="/nabre/revelation/9.htm">New American Bible</a> They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or any tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They were told not to damage the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree: but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their brows. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And it was told them not to harm the grass of The Earth, neither any greenery, nor the trees, but only the people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And they were commanded not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but the men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads. <a href="/godbey/revelation/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And it was said to them that they shall not hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree; only the men who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads. <a href="/haweis/revelation/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And it was told them, Hurt not the grass of the earth, nor any herb, nor any tree, but only those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads. <a href="/mace/revelation/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and they were commanded not to hurt the fruits of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree; but those men who have not the seal of God in their foreheads. <a href="/wey/revelation/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And they were forbidden to injure the herbage of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree. They were only to injure human beings--those who have not the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/worrell/revelation/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And it was said to them, that they should not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only such men as have not the seal of God upon their foreheads. <a href="/worsley/revelation/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And order was given them, not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree; but only the men, who had not the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/parallel/revelation/9-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=1777" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/9.htm">The Fifth Trumpet</a> …3And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. 4<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autais (PPro-DF3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">They</a> <a href="/greek/2046.htm" title="2046: errethē (V-AIP-3S) -- Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say.">were told</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that."></a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">not</a> <a href="/greek/91.htm" title="91: adikēsousin (V-FIA-3P) -- To act unjustly towards, injure, harm. From adikos; to be unjust, i.e. do wrong.">to harm</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5528.htm" title="5528: chorton (N-AMS) -- Grass, herbage, growing grain, hay. Apparently a primary word; a court or garden, i.e. herbage or vegetation.">grass</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/1093.htm" title="1093: gēs (N-GFS) -- Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.">earth</a> <a href="/greek/3761.htm" title="3761: oude (Conj) -- Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.">or</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pan (Adj-ANS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">any</a> <a href="/greek/5515.htm" title="5515: chlōron (Adj-ANS) -- Green, pale green. From the same as Chloe; greenish, i.e. Verdant, dun-colored.">plant</a> <a href="/greek/3761.htm" title="3761: oude (Conj) -- Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even.">or</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pan (Adj-ANS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole."></a> <a href="/greek/1186.htm" title="1186: dendron (N-ANS) -- A tree. Probably from drus; a tree.">tree,</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">but only</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">those</a> <a href="/greek/444.htm" title="444: anthrōpous (N-AMP) -- A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being."></a> <a href="/greek/3748.htm" title="3748: hoitines (RelPro-NMP) -- Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. ">who</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/2192.htm" title="2192: echousi (V-PIA-3P) -- To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.">did not have</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4973.htm" title="4973: sphragida (N-AFS) -- Probably strengthened from phrasso; a signet; by implication, the stamp impressed, literally or figuratively.">seal</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">of God</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">on</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3359.htm" title="3359: metōpōn (N-GNP) -- The forehead, front. From meta and ops; the forehead.">foreheads.</a> 5The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/9-4.htm">Ezekiel 9:4-6</a> “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.” / And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! / Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple. <a href="/exodus/12-23.htm">Exodus 12:23</a> When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down. <a href="/revelation/7-2.htm">Revelation 7:2-3</a> And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: / “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” <a href="/revelation/14-1.htm">Revelation 14:1</a> Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads. <a href="/revelation/22-4.htm">Revelation 22:4</a> They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. <a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a> Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.” <a href="/john/10-14.htm">John 10:14</a> I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me, <a href="/john/10-27.htm">John 10:27-28</a> My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. / I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. <a href="/psalms/91-4.htm">Psalm 91:4-10</a> He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart. / You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, / nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon. ... <a href="/psalms/105-15.htm">Psalm 105:15</a> “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!” <a href="/isaiah/26-20.htm">Isaiah 26:20-21</a> Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed. / For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain. <a href="/isaiah/65-8.htm">Isaiah 65:8</a> This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all. <a href="/zechariah/9-16.htm">Zechariah 9:16</a> On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land. <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Malachi 3:17</a> “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him. <a href="/luke/10-19.htm">Luke 10:19</a> Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.that they.<a href="/revelation/6-6.htm">Revelation 6:6</a> And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.<a href="/revelation/7-3.htm">Revelation 7:3</a> Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.<a href="/job/1-10.htm">Job 1:10,12</a> Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land… hurt.<a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Revelation 8:7</a> The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.but.which.<a href="/revelation/7-3.htm">Revelation 7:3,4</a> Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads… <a href="/revelation/14-1.htm">Revelation 14:1</a> And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.<a href="/exodus/12-23.htm">Exodus 12:23</a> For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/7-11.htm">Beings</a> <a href="/revelation/7-4.htm">Brows</a> <a href="/2_john/1-4.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/revelation/7-3.htm">Damage</a> <a href="/revelation/9-3.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/acts/16-6.htm">Forbidden</a> <a href="/revelation/7-3.htm">Foreheads</a> <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">God's</a> <a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Green</a> <a href="/james/1-15.htm">Growth</a> <a href="/revelation/7-3.htm">Harm</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-24.htm">Herbage</a> <a href="/2_john/1-7.htm">Human</a> <a href="/revelation/7-3.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/revelation/7-3.htm">Injure</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-6.htm">Mankind</a> <a href="/revelation/7-4.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/2_john/1-4.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/james/1-11.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/revelation/8-1.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/revelation/7-1.htm">Tree</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/13-13.htm">Beings</a> <a href="/revelation/13-16.htm">Brows</a> <a href="/genesis/2-16.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/revelation/11-5.htm">Damage</a> <a href="/revelation/10-2.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-2.htm">Forbidden</a> <a href="/revelation/13-16.htm">Foreheads</a> <a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">God's</a> <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/genesis/1-30.htm">Green</a> <a href="/genesis/25-27.htm">Growth</a> <a href="/revelation/9-10.htm">Harm</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-25.htm">Herbage</a> <a href="/revelation/9-7.htm">Human</a> <a href="/revelation/9-10.htm">Hurt</a> <a href="/revelation/9-10.htm">Injure</a> <a href="/revelation/9-10.htm">Mankind</a> <a href="/revelation/13-16.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/revelation/13-14.htm">Ordered</a> <a href="/genesis/1-12.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/revelation/10-4.htm">Seal</a> <a href="/revelation/22-2.htm">Tree</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 9</div>1. <a href="/revelation/9-1.htm">At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falls from heaven, to whom is given the key to the bottomless pit.</a> 2. <a href="/revelation/9-2.htm">He opens the pit, and there come forth locusts like scorpions.</a> 12. <a href="/revelation/9-12.htm">The first woe past.</a> 13. <a href="/revelation/9-13.htm">The sixth trumpet sounds.</a> 14. <a href="/revelation/9-14.htm">Four angels who were bound are let loose.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Unlike natural locusts, which typically consume vegetation, these creatures are instructed to avoid harming the grass, plants, or trees. This command highlights the supernatural nature of the judgment and suggests a targeted purpose. In biblical symbolism, grass and trees often represent life and prosperity (<a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a>). The restriction emphasizes that the judgment is not ecological but rather spiritual and moral, focusing on humanity rather than the environment.but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads This part of the verse identifies the specific targets of the judgment: people who lack the seal of God. The seal of God is a mark of divine protection and ownership, reminiscent of the blood on the doorposts during the Passover (<a href="/exodus/12-7.htm">Exodus 12:7, 13</a>) and the sealing of the 144,000 servants of God earlier in Revelation (<a href="/revelation/7-3.htm">Revelation 7:3-4</a>). This seal signifies those who belong to God and are under His protection, contrasting with those who follow the beast and receive his mark (<a href="/revelation/13-16.htm">Revelation 13:16-17</a>). The sealing indicates a spiritual allegiance and protection from divine wrath, underscoring the theme of divine justice and mercy throughout Revelation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_locusts.htm">The Locusts</a> These are symbolic creatures released during the fifth trumpet judgment. They are given power to torment those without God's seal. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a> The physical realm where the locusts are commanded not to harm the grass, plants, or trees, indicating a selective judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/t/those_without_the_seal_of_god.htm">Those Without the Seal of God</a> Individuals who do not bear the protective mark of God on their foreheads, making them vulnerable to the locusts' torment. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_seal_of_god.htm">The Seal of God</a> A divine mark of protection, signifying those who belong to God and are spared from this particular judgment. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_fifth_trumpet.htm">The Fifth Trumpet</a> An event in the series of trumpet judgments described in Revelation, signifying a period of intense spiritual and physical trials.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_protection.htm">Divine Protection</a> The seal of God represents His protection over His people. Believers can find assurance in God's promise to safeguard them spiritually, even amidst trials. <a href="/topical/s/selective_judgment.htm">Selective Judgment</a> God's judgments are precise and purposeful. Understanding this can help believers trust in God's justice and mercy. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_readiness.htm">Spiritual Readiness</a> The passage emphasizes the importance of being spiritually prepared and aligned with God, as those without His seal face torment. <a href="/topical/i/identity_in_christ.htm">Identity in Christ</a> The seal signifies belonging to God. Believers should live in a way that reflects their identity as God's people. <a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_trials.htm">Endurance in Trials</a> The locusts' torment is temporary. Believers are encouraged to endure trials with the hope of ultimate deliverance and victory in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 9</a> <a href="/q/who_are_the_144,000_in_scriptures.htm">Who are the 144,000 mentioned in religious texts?</a> <a href="/q/is_ezekiel_9_symbolic,_not_literal.htm">Could Ezekiel 9 be interpreted as a purely symbolic vision rather than a literal event, and if so, why include graphic details?</a> <a href="/q/can_revelation's_locusts_be_literal.htm">How can the “locusts” with scorpion-like stings (Revelation 9:3–10) be taken literally given their bizarre hybrid descriptions? </a> <a href="/q/why_isn't_rev_7_3-4_corroborated_elsewhere.htm">Revelation 7:3-4 describes a sealing process for protection; why is there no corroborating account in other biblical or historical sources?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) And it was commanded . . .--Translate, And it was commanded them that they shall not injure the grass of the earth, nor yet any green thing, nor yet any tree; but only (or, except) the men whosoever have not the seal of God on their foreheads. The locusts which are sent not to injure the vegetation are clearly not literal locusts, and the security of those who have the seal of God in their foreheads (those who were described as sealed, and so assured of safety against the tempest blast: see <a href="/context/revelation/7-1.htm" title="And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.">Revelation 7:1-3</a>, et seq.) may confirm us in this view. Whatever the plague be, it is one which cannot injure God's children. "Nothing," Christ has said, "shall by any means hurt you. I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy" (<a href="/luke/10-19.htm" title="Behold, I give to you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.">Luke 10:19</a>). It is interesting and suggestive to notice that this promise of our Lord was given immediately after the saying, "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven," as the safety of the sealed ones is mentioned here after the vision of the star fallen from heaven. The coincidence is hardly undesigned; at least, the sense in which we understand the danger from which Christ promised His disciples protection may afford us a guiding meaning here. Now, none have maintained that Christ promised His disciples entire freedom from danger, pain, and death. He said, "They shall persecute you and kill you; ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake, but he that endureth to the end shall be saved." No real injury can happen to them; pain and death might be encountered, but all things work together for their higher good. They have a joy which no pain or peril can take away; they have a joy in this (it is the same chapter as above--Luke 10), that their "names are written in heaven." For such, death has no sting, the grave no victory. They meet famine and nakedness, and peril and sword; but in these they are more than conquerors. No plague can hurt those who have the seal of God in their foreheads. A plague from which those whose way is through tribulation are exempt can hardly be a physical one.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree. The force of this plague is to fall directly upon mankind, not, as in the former judgments, upon the earth, and then indirectly upon men. This appears to be stated with the greater plainness, because it might readily be inferred, from the nature of locusts, that the immediate object of their destructiveness would be the vegetation of the world. But only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads; but only such men as have not, etc. (Revised Version; cf. <a href="/revelation/7-3.htm">Revelation 7:3</a>, to which this is an allusion). Here, by proleipsis, the servants of God are described as "those that have the seal of God in their foreheads." It is not stated, nor is it necessarily implied, that the seal is visible to man at the time of the infliction of this judgment upon the ungodly. In a similar way our Lord speaks of the elect (<a href="/matthew/24-22.htm">Matthew 24:22</a>), not thereby implying that there is any visible manifestation by which the elect may be known to men, though known to God (so also <a href="/titus/1-1.htm">Titus 1:1</a>; <a href="/mark/13-22.htm">Mark 13:22</a>, etc.). Thus also it is said in <a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">2 Timothy 2:19</a>, "The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his." The frequent use of the term to denote those who were sealed by baptism may have led to the employment of the expression in this place, as being equivalent to "the servants of God" (cf. <a href="/ephesians/1-13.htm">Ephesians 1:13</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-30.htm">Ephesians 4:30</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22</a>). The locusts may not hurt God's servants (see on ver. 3). Thus we are taught that God in reality preserves his own, though it may sometimes appear to man as though the innocent suffer with the guilty. <a href="/commentaries/revelation/9-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>They αὐταῖς (autais) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. were told ἐρρέθη (errethē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2046.htm">Strong's 2046: </a> Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say. not μὴ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. to harm ἀδικήσουσιν (adikēsousin) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_91.htm">Strong's 91: </a> To act unjustly towards, injure, harm. From adikos; to be unjust, i.e. do wrong. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. grass χόρτον (chorton) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5528.htm">Strong's 5528: </a> Grass, herbage, growing grain, hay. Apparently a primary word; a 'court' or 'garden', i.e. herbage or vegetation. of the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. earth γῆς (gēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1093.htm">Strong's 1093: </a> Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe. [or] οὐδὲ (oude) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3761.htm">Strong's 3761: </a> Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. any πᾶν (pan) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. plant χλωρὸν (chlōron) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5515.htm">Strong's 5515: </a> Green, pale green. From the same as Chloe; greenish, i.e. Verdant, dun-colored. [or] οὐδὲ (oude) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_3761.htm">Strong's 3761: </a> Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. tree, δένδρον (dendron) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1186.htm">Strong's 1186: </a> A tree. Probably from drus; a tree. but only εἰ (ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. those τοὺς (tous) Article - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. who οἵτινες (hoitines) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3748.htm">Strong's 3748: </a> Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. did not have ἔχουσι (echousi) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2192.htm">Strong's 2192: </a> To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. seal σφραγῖδα (sphragida) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4973.htm">Strong's 4973: </a> Probably strengthened from phrasso; a signet; by implication, the stamp impressed, literally or figuratively. of God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. on ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. [their] τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. foreheads. μετώπων (metōpōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3359.htm">Strong's 3359: </a> The forehead, front. 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