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| 1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. | 1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. |
| 2And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, | 2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, |
| 3and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. | 3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. |
| 4Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the 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 their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. | 4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. |
| 5The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. | 5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. |
| 6Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. | 6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. |
| 7And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison | 7And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, |
| 8and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. | 8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. |
| 9And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, | 9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. |
| 10and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. | 10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. |
| 11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. | 11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. |
| 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. | 12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. |
| 13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. | 13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. |
| 14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. | 14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. |
| 15And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. | 15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. |
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