| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. | 1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain. |
| 2He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; | 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. |
| 3and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while. | 3And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time. |
| 4And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. | 4Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. |
| 5But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. | 5The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection. |
| 6Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. | 6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years. |
| 7Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison | 7When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison, |
| 8and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. | 8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore. |
| 9They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. | 9And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them. |
| 10The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. | 10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. |
| 11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. | 11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. |
| 12And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. | 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. |
| 13The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. | 13The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. |
| 14Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. | 14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. |
| 15And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. | 15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. |
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