| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1And 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. | 1Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. |
| 2She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth. | 2She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth. |
| 3Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads. | 3Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns. |
| 4His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing 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. | 4Now the dragon's tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. |
| 5And 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. | 5So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne, |
| 6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days. | 6and she fled into the wilderness where a place had been prepared for her by God, so she could be taken care of for 1,260 days. |
| 7Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. | 7Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. |
| 8But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels. | 8But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels. |
| 9And 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. | 9So that huge dragon--the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world--was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him. |
| 10And 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. | 10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down. |
| 11They 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. | 11But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die. |
| 12Therefore 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.” | 12Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them! But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with terrible anger, for he knows that he only has a little time!" |
| 13And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. | 13Now when the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. |
| 14But 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. | 14But the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness, to the place God prepared for her, where she is taken care of--away from the presence of the serpent--for a time, times, and half a time. |
| 15Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent. | 15Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood, |
| 16But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth. | 16but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. |
| 17And 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. | 17So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God's commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus. And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. |
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