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| 1And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. | 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 was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. | 2She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth. |
| 3And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. | 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 down a third of the stars of heaven and cast 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. | 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. |
| 5She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but 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 she has a place prepared by God, in which she is 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. |
| 7Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting 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 he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. | 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 thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down 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 the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, 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. |
| 11And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto 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 you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!” | 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 down 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 the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be 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. |
| 15The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. | 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 came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. | 16but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. |
| 17Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand 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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