Wahyu 4:9

4:9 And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, ¹  and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

Wahyu 9:5

9:5 The locusts ²  were not given permission ³  to kill ⁴  them, but only to torture ⁵  them ⁶  for five months, and their torture was like that ⁷  of a scorpion when it stings a person. ⁸ 

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.

² tn Grk “It was not permitted to them”; the referent (the locusts) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn The word “permission” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

⁴ tn The two ἵνα (Jina) clauses of 9:5 are understood to be functioning as epexegetical or complementary clauses related to ἐδόθη (edoqh).

⁵ 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.”

⁶ tn The pronoun “them” is not in the Greek text but is picked up from the previous clause.

⁷ tn Grk “like the torture,” but this is redundant in contemporary English.

⁸ tn Grk “a man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in an individualized sense without being limited to the male gender.