| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 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. | 1A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. |
| 2She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth. | 2She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about 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: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. |
| 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. | 4Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he 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. | 5She gave birth to a son, a male child, who "will rule all the nations with an iron scepter." And her child was snatched 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. | 6The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might 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 he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. |
| 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. | 9The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels 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 say: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled 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. | 11They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. |
| 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 rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short." |
| 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. | 13When the dragon saw that he had been hurled 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. | 14The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach. |
| 15Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent. | 15Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. |
| 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 helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of 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. | 17Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring--those who keep God's commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. |
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