Revelation 12Revelation12

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1. The Woman and the Dragon

2. 1BSBAnd a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.KJVKJV: And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
3. 2BSBShe was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.KJVKJV: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
4. 3BSBThen another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.KJVKJV: And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
5. 4BSBHis tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.KJVKJV: And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
6. 5BSBAnd she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.KJVKJV: And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
7. 6BSBAnd the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.KJVKJV: And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

8. The War in Heaven

9. 7BSBThen a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.KJVKJV: And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
10. 8BSBBut the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.KJVKJV: And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
11. 9BSBAnd the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.KJVKJV: And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
12. 10BSBAnd I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.KJVKJV: And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
13. 11BSBThey have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.KJVKJV: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
14. 12BSBTherefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”KJVKJV: Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

15. The Woman Persecuted

16. 13BSBAnd when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.KJVKJV: And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
17. 14BSBBut the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.KJVKJV: And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
18. 15BSBThen from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.KJVKJV: And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
19. 16BSBBut the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.KJVKJV: And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
20. 17BSBAnd the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.KJVKJV: And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.