| Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven holding the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand. | 1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand. |
| 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. | 2He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years. |
| 3He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time. | 3The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were finished. Afterward he must be released for a little while. |
| 4Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. | 4Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting on them had been given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for proclaiming the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. |
| 5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. | 5This is the first resurrection. (The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.) |
| 6Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. | 6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. For them the second death holds no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years. The Defeat of Satan |
| 7When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison | 7When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be let out of his prison. |
| 8and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea. | 8He will go out to deceive the nations—called Gog and Magog—in every corner of the earth. He will gather them together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore. |
| 9They came up across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them. | 9And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God’s people and the beloved city. But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them. |
| 10The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. | 10Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. The Final Judgment |
| 11Then I saw a great white throne and one seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them. | 11And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide. |
| 12I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books. | 12I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. |
| 13Then the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them; each one was judged according to their works. | 13The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. |
| 14Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. | 14Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. |
| 15And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. | 15And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire. |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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