| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New International Version |
| 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; | 1A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. |
| 2and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth. | 2She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. |
| 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. | 3Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. |
| 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. | 4Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child the moment he was born. |
| 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. | 5She gave birth to a son, a male child, who "will rule all the nations with an iron scepter." And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. |
| 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. | 6The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. |
| 7And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, | 7Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. |
| 8and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. | 8But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. |
| 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. | 9The great dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. |
| 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. | 10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. |
| 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. | 11They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. |
| 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." | 12Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short." |
| 13And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. | 13When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. |
| 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. | 14The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach. |
| 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. | 15Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. |
| 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. | 16But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. |
| 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. | 17Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring--those who keep God's commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus. |
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