| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 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. | 1A spectacular sign appeared in the sky: a woman dressed with the sun, who had the moon under her feet and a victor's crown of twelve stars on her head. |
| 2She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth. | 2She was pregnant and was crying out from her labor pains, the agony of giving birth. |
| 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. | 3Then another sign appeared in the sky: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on its heads. |
| 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. | 4Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and knocked them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born. |
| 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, | 5She gave birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. But her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne. |
| 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. | 6Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where a place had been prepared for her by God so that she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. |
| 7Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. | 7Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon and its angels fought back. |
| 8But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels. | 8But it was not strong enough, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. |
| 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. | 9The huge dragon was hurled down. That ancient serpent, called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, along with its angels. |
| 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. | 10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say, "Now the salvation, the power, the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah have come. For the one who accuses our brothers, who accuses them day and night in the presence of our God, has been thrown out. |
| 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. | 11Our brothers conquered him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to their lives even in the face of death. |
| 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!" | 12So be glad, heavens, and those who live in them! How terrible it is for the earth and the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, filled with rage, knowing that his time is short!" |
| 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. | 13When the dragon saw that it had been thrown down to the earth, it pursued the woman who had given birth to the boy. |
| 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. | 14However, the woman was given the two wings of a large eagle so that she could fly away from the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she could be taken care of for a time, times, and half a time. |
| 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, | 15From its mouth the serpent spewed water like a river behind the woman in order to sweep her away with the flood. |
| 16but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. | 16But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed from its mouth. |
| 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. | 17The dragon became angry with the woman and went away to do battle against the rest of her children, the ones who keep God's commandments and hold on to the testimony about Jesus. [18] Then the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. |
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