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-# They were not given permission
-
-"They" refers to the locusts. ([Revelation 9:3](../09/03.md))
-
 # those people
 
 the people whom the locusts were stinging
 
 # but only to torture them
 
-Here the words "given permission" are understood. Alternate translation: "but only given permission to torture them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis]])
+"but only given permission to make them suffer terrible pain"
 
 # to torture them for five months
 
 The locusts would be allowed to do this for five months.
 
-# to torture them
-
-"to make them suffer terrible pain"
-
 # the sting of a scorpion
 
 A scorpion is a small insect with a poisonous stinger at the end of its long tail. The sting can cause severe pain or even death.