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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ ἐξῆλθον ἀκρίδες εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐταῖς ἐξουσία ὡς ἔχουσιν ἐξουσίαν οἱ σκορπίοι τῆς γῆς.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai ek tou kapnou exelthon akrides eis ten gen, kai edothe autais exousia os ekhousin exousian oi skorpioi tes ges.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et de fumo exierunt lucustae in terram et data est illis potestas sicut habent potestatem scorpiones terrae

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And there came out of the smoke locusts on the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
New King James Version   
Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
21st Century King James Version   
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth; and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And from the smoke, locusts went out over The Earth, and power was given to them which the scorpions of The Earth have.
Darby Bible Translation   
And out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have power;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
God's Word   
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like the power of earthly scorpions.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth.
International Standard Version   
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like that of earthly scorpions.
NET Bible   
Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
New American Standard Bible   
Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
New International Version   
And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.
New Living Translation   
Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Weymouth New Testament   
And from the midst of the smoke there came locusts on to the earth, and power was given to them resembling the power which earthly scorpions possess.
The World English Bible   
Then out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Then locusts came out of the smoke and they came down on the earth. They received power to cause great pain, like the power of scorpions.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And out of the smoke came forth locusts to the earth, and there was given to them authority, as scorpions of the earth have authority,
New Life Version   
Locusts came down to the earth out of the smoke. They were given power to hurt like small animals that sting.
Revised Geneva Translation   
And there came locusts upon the earth, out of the smoke. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
The Voice Bible   
From the smoke, locusts appeared and swarmed upon the earth. They were given power, like the power of scorpions on the earth.
Living Bible   
Then locusts came from the smoke and descended onto the earth and were given power to sting like scorpions.
New Catholic Bible   
And out of the smoke locusts dropped down onto the earth, and they were given the same powers that scorpions have on the earth.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Christian Standard Bible   
Then locusts came out of the smoke on to the earth, and power was given to them like the power that scorpions have on the earth.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Then out of the smoke locusts came forth on the earth, and such power was granted them as the power the earth’s scorpions have.
New Century Version   
Then locusts came down to the earth out of the smoke, and they were given the power to sting like scorpions.
The Message   
Then out of the smoke crawled locusts with the venom of scorpions. They were given their orders: “Don’t hurt the grass, don’t hurt anything green, don’t hurt a single tree—only men and women, and then only those who lack the seal of God on their foreheads.” They were ordered to torture but not kill, torture them for five months, the pain like a scorpion sting. When this happens, people are going to prefer death to torture, look for ways to kill themselves. But they won’t find a way—death will have gone into hiding.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
And out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given the kind of power that scorpions of the earth have.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like the power of · scorpions of the earth.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given authority like the authority of scorpions of the earth.
New Matthew Bible   
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth, and to them was given power as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Good News Translation®   
Locusts came down out of the smoke upon the earth, and they were given the same kind of power that scorpions have.
Wycliffe Bible   
And locusts went out of the smoke of the pit into earth [And of the smoke of the pit locusts went out into the earth]; and power was given to them, as scorpions of the earth have power.
New Testament for Everyone   
Then, out of that smoke, there appeared locusts on the earth, and they were given authority like the authority of scorpions on the earth.
Contemporary English Version   
Locusts came out of the smoke and covered the earth. They were given the same power that scorpions have.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth;
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then out of the smoke emerged locusts to descend upon the earth. They were given powers like those of earthly scorpions. They had orders to do no harm to any grass, green thing or tree upon the earth, but to injure only those human beings who did not bear the seal of God upon their foreheads. They were given no power to kill men, but only to torture them for five months. The torture they could inflict was like the pain of a scorpion’s sting.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given authority like the authority of scorpions of the earth.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given authority like the authority of scorpions of the earth.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Then locusts came forth from the smoke and onto the earth. They were given power like the power that scorpions have on the earth.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power [to hurt] was given to them, like the power which the earth’s scorpions have.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the land, and they were given the same power as scorpions of the earth.
New American Standard Bible   
Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
The Expanded Bible   
Then locusts came down to the earth out of the smoke [C similar to the eighth Egyptian plague; Ex. 10:1–20; see also Joel 1:2—2:10], and they were given the power ·to sting like [L like the power of] scorpions [L of the earth].
Tree of Life Version   
Then from the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions have power over the earth.
Revised Standard Version   
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth;
New International Reader's Version   
Out of the smoke came locusts. They came down on the earth. They were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
BRG Bible   
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Then out of the smoke onto the earth came locusts, and they were given power like the power scorpions have on earth.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth like big grasshoppers. They were given the power to hurt people the way that scorpions do.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given authority like the authority of scorpions of the earth.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And out of the smoke came forth arbeh (locusts) to ha’aretz (the earth), and samchut (authority) was given to them like the samchut of the akrabei ha’aretz (scorpions of the earth). [SHEMOT 10:12-15]
Names of God Bible   
Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth, and they were given power like the power of earthly scorpions.
Modern English Version   
And out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. Power was given them as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then locusts came out of the smoke and went down to the earth. They were given the power to sting like scorpions.
International Children’s Bible   
Then locusts came down to the earth out of the smoke. They were given the power to sting like scorpions.
Lexham English Bible   
And out of the smoke locusts came to the earth, and power was given to them like the scorpions of the earth have power.
New International Version - UK   
And out of the smoke locusts came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And locusts came out of the smoke to the earth. And authority was given to them as the scorpions of the earth have authority.