| New King James Version | NET 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 descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge 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--the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan--and tied him up 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. | 3The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things 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 thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. 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. | 5(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) 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 is the one who takes part 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. |
| 7Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison | 7Now when the thousand years are finished, 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 at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea. |
| 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. | 9They went up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely. |
| 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 deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there 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 large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the 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, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened--the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. |
| 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 the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, 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. | 15If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire. |
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