Revelation 20:2
Good News Translation
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent--that is, the Devil, or Satan--and chained him up for a thousand years.

New Revised Standard Version
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

Contemporary English Version
He chained the dragon for 1,000 years. It is that old snake, who is also known as the devil and Satan.

New American Bible
He seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is the Devil or Satan, and tied it up for a thousand years

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

he laid.

Genesis 3:15 I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.

Isaiah 27:1 In that day the Lord with his hard, and great, and strong sword shall visit leviathan the bar serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and shall slay the whale that is in the sea.

Isaiah 49:24,25 Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was taken by the mighty, be delivered? . . .

Matthew 8:29 And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

Matthew 19:29 And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.

Mark 5:7 And crying with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus the Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God that thou torment me not.

Luke 11:20-22 But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you. . . .

John 12:31 Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

John 16:11 And of judgment: because the prince of this world is already judged.

Romans 16:20 And the God of peace crush Satan under your feet speedily. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Hebrews 2:14 Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, the devil:

the dragon.

Revelation 9:11 A king, the angel of the bottomless pit (whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon, in Latin Exterminans).

Revelation 12:9,13,15,17 And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him. . . .

Revelation 13:2,4 And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard: and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his own strength and great power. . . .

Job 1:7 And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.

Job 2:1,2 And it came to pass, when on a certain day the sons of God came, and stood before the Lord, and Satan came amongst them, and stood in his sight, . . .

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment:

Jude 1:6 And the angels who kept not their principality but forsook their own habitation, he hath reserved under darkness in everlasting chains, unto the judgment of the great day.

Context
Satan Bound
1And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3And he cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set a seal upon him, that he should no more seduce the nations till the thousand years be finished. And after that, he must be loosed a little time.…
Cross References
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?

Isaiah 24:22
And they shall be gathered together as in the gathering of one bundle into the pit, and they shall be shut up there in prison: and after many days they shall be visited.

Mark 4:15
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown, and as soon as they have heard, immediately Satan cometh and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell, unto torments, to be reserved unto judgment:

Jude 1:6
And the angels who kept not their principality but forsook their own habitation, he hath reserved under darkness in everlasting chains, unto the judgment of the great day.

Revelation 12:3
And there was seen another sign in heaven. And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and on his heads seven diadems.

Revelation 12:4
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered: that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son.

Revelation 12:9
And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 12:15
And the serpent cast out of his mouth, after the woman, water, as it were a river: that he might cause her to be carried away by the river.

Revelation 20:7
And when the thousand years shall be finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison and shall go forth and seduce the nations which are over the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog: and shall gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Revelation 20:10
And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Revelation 20:1
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