| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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. | 1A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; |
| 2She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. | 2and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain 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: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems. |
| 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. | 4And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. |
| 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, | 5And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was 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. | 6Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. |
| 7Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, | 7And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, |
| 8but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. | 8and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. |
| 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. | 9And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down 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, "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 brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. |
| 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. | 11"And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. |
| 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!” | 12"For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short 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. | 13And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave 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 two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. |
| 15The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. | 15And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the 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 helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of 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 was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. |
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