{That they should not kill them} (hina m(8820)apoktein(9373)in
autous). Sub-final object clause (subject of edoth(885c)) with
hina m(885c) and the subjunctive of apoktein(935c) 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 basanisth(8873)ontai). Sub-final clause again with
hina, but this time with the first future passive indicative
(like  3:9  6:4  8:3  13:12 ) of asaniz(935c), old verb, to test
metals (from asanos,  Mt 4:24 ) by touchstone, then to torture
like  Mt 8:29 , further in  Re 11:10  12:2  14:10  20:10 . {Five
months} (m(886e)as 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} (asanismos). Late word for torture,
from asaniz(935c), in N.T. only in  Re 9:5  14:11  18:7,10,15 . The
wound of the scorpion was not usually fatal, though exceedingly
painful. {When it striketh a man} (hotan pais(8869) anthr(9370)on).
Indefinite temporal clause with hotan and the first aorist
active subjunctive of pai(935c) ( Mt 26:51 ), old verb, to smite,
"whenever it smites a man."