| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. | 1And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. |
| 2Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. | 2She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth. |
| 3And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. | 3Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads. |
| 4His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. | 4His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth. |
| 5She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. | 5And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne. |
| 6Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. | 6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days. |
| 7And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, | 7Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. |
| 8but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. | 8But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels. |
| 9So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. | 9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. |
| 10Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. | 10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God. |
| 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. | 11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death. |
| 12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” | 12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.” |
| 13Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. | 13And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. |
| 14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. | 14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. |
| 15So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. | 15Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent. |
| 16But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. | 16But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth. |
| 17And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. | 17And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. |
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