Verse 4
Revelation 12:4
World English Bible
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His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ ἡ οὐρὰ αὐτοῦ σύρει τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀστέρων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἔβαλεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν γῆν. καὶ ὁ δράκων ἕστηκεν ἐνώπιον τῆς γυναικὸς τῆς μελλούσης τεκεῖν, ἵνα ὅταν τέκῃ τὸ τέκνον αὐτῆς καταφάγῃ.
English Translation
And his tail drags the third of the stars of heaven, and he threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child, he might devour it.
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Chapter 12 Context
1
A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on h...
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She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
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3
Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and o...
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4
His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood befor...
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She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child...
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6
The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God (Elohim), that there they...
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7
There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels m...
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8
They didn’t prevail, neither was a place found for them any more in heaven.
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9
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceive...
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10
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God (E...
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11
They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn...
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12
Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the...
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13
When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to...
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14
Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her...
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15
The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to b...
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16
The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the drag...
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17
The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her offspring, who...
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