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That they should not kill them (hina mē apokteinōsin autous). Sub-final object clause (subject of edothē) with hina mē and the subjunctive of apokteinō either present (continued action) or aorist (constative, form the same), the usual construction with hina. The locusts are charged to injure men, but not to kill them.
But that they should be tormented (all' hina basanisthēsontai). Sub-final clause again with hina, but this time with the first future passive indicative (like Rev 3:9; Rev 6:4; Rev 8:3; Rev 13:12) of basanizō, old verb, to test metals (from basanos, Mat 4:24) by touchstone, then to torture like Mat 8:29, further in Rev 11:10; Rev 12:2; Rev 14:10; Rev 20:10.
Five months (mēnas pente). Accusative of extent of time. The actual locust is born in the spring and dies at the end of summer (about five months).
Torment (basanismos). Late word for torture, from basanizō, in N.T. only in Rev 9:5; Rev 14:11; Rev 18:7, Rev 18:10, Rev 18:15. The wound of the scorpion was not usually fatal, though exceedingly painful.
When it striketh a man (hotan paisēi anthrōpon). Indefinite temporal clause with hotan and the first aorist active subjunctive of paiō (Mat 26:51), old verb, to smite, “whenever it smites a man.”