◄ Revelation 12:13 ►
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Good News Translation
When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he began to pursue the woman who had given birth to the boy.

New Revised Standard Version
So 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.

Contemporary English Version
When the dragon realized it had been thrown down to the earth, it tried to make trouble for the woman who had given birth to a son.

New American Bible
When the dragon saw that it had been thrown down to the earth, it pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the man child.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the man child.

Revelation 12:4,5 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered: that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son. . . .

Genesis 3:15 I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.

Psalm 37:12-14 The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth. . . .

John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress. But have confidence. I have overcome the world.

Context
The Woman Persecuted
12Therefore, rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time. 13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the man child. 14And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the desert, unto her place, where she is nourished for a time and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.…
Cross References
Revelation 12:3
And there was seen another sign in heaven. And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and on his heads seven diadems.

Revelation 12:5
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.

Revelation 12:12
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